Lauren Strait, MD
Vascular Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1316324148
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,722 of the $3,692 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Silk Road Medical, Inc. at 51.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,005 and has fallen 76.0% since, to $481 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $9,151.
Across 30 payments — averaging $123.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$526
- Medtronic$488
- Boston Scientific$413
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$210
- Penumbra, Inc.$146
- plus $18 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$97026%
- Food & beverage$2,72274%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,892 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $526 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $488 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $413 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $210 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$3,371
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,865
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$1,505
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$326
- EKOSONIC$247
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$210
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$200
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$162
- ENDURANT IIS$151
- Indigo System$146
How this compares
$3,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 72 vascular surgery providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 13 | $5,690 |
| Cilostazol | 19 | $305 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 33 | $285 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Louisville
- Amit DwivediLouisville$406K
- Abindra SigdelLouisville$84K
- Ferenc NagyLouisville$47K
- Gregory SchmiederLouisville$44K
- Erik WayneLouisville$25K
- Matthew JungLouisville$24K
- Nancy ClarkLouisville$19K
- Ashlee VinyardLouisville$12K
- Salem GeorgeLouisville$10K
- Nathaniel LiuLouisville$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.