Monica Strauss
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1164102489
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.0% of the total across 272 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant 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 272 payments — averaging $25.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$722
- Lilly USA, LLC$560
- Sanofi$492
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$471
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$470
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$110%
- Food & beverage$6,68797%
- Education$1953%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 64 | $1,494 |
| AbbVie | 40 | $722 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $560 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $492 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $471 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 27 | $470 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 14 | $374 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $360 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 9 | $355 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 9 | $346 |
| UCB, Inc. | 10 | $336 |
| Amgen | 6 | $255 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $231 |
| Novartis | 9 | $180 |
| Organon | 4 | $64 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $23 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$6,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
- Jessica KarlChicago$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.