Melissa Litwin
Adult Health · Brookfield, ILNPI 1851998553
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 129 payments — averaging $22.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$456
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$353
- Novo Nordisk$286
- Novartis$281
- Boehringer Ingelheim$260
- Pfizer$208
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,935100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 20 | $456 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $353 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $286 |
| Novartis | 14 | $281 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $260 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $208 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $134 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $99 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $78 |
| GSK | 3 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $50 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $49 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$2,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 553 adult health providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $473 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 12 | $274 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $169 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $116 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult health in Brookfield
- Kimberly KearnsHoffman Estates$531K
- Leslie ForresterArlington Heights$97K
- Colleen FolkersChicago$86K
- Matthew BurkeChicago$44K
- Jacklyn GideonChicago$38K
- Jennifer GreenfieldChicago$35K
- Tammy PomaChicago$32K
- Tammy BrownNorth Chicago$31K
- Eileen SchedelAurora$21K
- Julia BuesserGurnee$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.