Meena Barsoum
Dentist · Arlington Heights, ILNPI 1689804122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.1%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dentsply Sirona Inc at 59.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $116,754 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $38,647 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 297 payments — averaging $1293.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$227K
- Dentsply LLC$64K
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH$28K
- Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc$24K
- Exocad America, Inc.$15K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$9K
- plus $16K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$52,24214%
- Speaking & faculty fees$196,50051%
- Grants$5,3071%
- Travel & lodging$41,03311%
- Food & beverage$11,6933%
- Education$61,76516%
- Gifts$2,0091%
- Entertainment$3610%
- Other$13,3003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 186 | $227,376 |
| Dentsply LLC | 17 | $64,058 |
| Sirona Dental Systems GmbH | 30 | $28,368 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 13 | $23,936 |
| Exocad America, Inc. | 7 | $15,434 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 27 | $8,557 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 5 | $8,510 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 2 | $6,868 |
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 1 | $448 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 3 | $320 |
| Meisinger USA, LLC | 3 | $241 |
| Sprintray Inc | 1 | $54 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $38 |
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.
- CEREC$112,909
- Dentsply Orthodontics$18,715
- exocad$15,401
- DS Core$8,147
- SureSmile$7,450
- Primescan Connect$6,709
- Primeprint$5,237
- SureSmile Aligners$5,130
- inLab CAD/CAM SW 22$2,575
- CEREC Primescan$2,400
- Dental Equipment$2,162
- Lucitone$2,031
- DENTSPLY$1,814
- Washing Container$1,194
- ORTHOPHOS$1,105
- CELTRA$916
- Consumable Dentistry$852
- Planmeca Dental X-Ray$448
- Primemill$402
- Prime&Bond XP$400
How this compares
$384,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,138 dentist providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $139 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Arlington Heights
- Michael BicknellElmhurst$1.3M
- Lori TrostRed Bud$492K
- Richard CottrellLake Forest$278K
- Robert BlackwellBrookfield$164K
- M SharifiChicago$163K
- Chiann GibsonNaperville$155K
- Manal IbrahimChicago$133K
- Glenn DeweirdtWoodridge$125K
- Meredith GantosNaperville$61K
- Stephen MartinChicago$53K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.