Michael Chiu, MD
Sports Medicine · Arlington Heights, ILNPI 1982996104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medwest Associates at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,706 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $1,003 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $244.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medwest Associates$5K
- Arthrex$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$829
- Johnson & Johnson$550
- Oak Med, Inc.$534
- Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.$416
- plus $285 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50020%
- Travel & lodging$1,91716%
- Food & beverage$1,99716%
- Education$5,82148%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medwest Associates | 10 | $5,314 |
| Arthrex | 9 | $4,308 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $829 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $550 |
| Oak Med, Inc. | 6 | $534 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $416 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Stryker | 2 | $92 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $6 |
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
$12,235 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 233 sports medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $181 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $62 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Arlington Heights
- Benjamin DombDes Plaines$16.3M
- Gregory NicholsonChicago$6.7M
- Grant GarriguesChicago$2.5M
- Brian ColeChicago$2.1M
- Brian ForsytheChicago$1.9M
- Nikhil VermaChicago$647K
- Shane NhoChicago$521K
- Jourdan CancienneJoliet$224K
- Vehniah TjongChicago$173K
- Aravind AthivirahamChicago$138K
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.