Paul Brezinski
Podiatrist · Palatine, ILNPI 1962513804
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 18 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $461 and has fallen 69.8% since, to $139 in 2025.
Across 18 payments — averaging $58.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$119
- Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC$109
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$106
- Amgen$98
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$98
- Medline Industries LP$94
- plus $425 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,051100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Amgen | 1 | $98 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $94 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Abbott | 2 | $59 |
| Collaborative Care Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Stryker | 1 | $35 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- MaxxCell$119
- FLEXITOUCH$106
- ACTITOUCH$106
- ENTRE$106
How this compares
$1,051 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 409 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $206 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Palatine
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- Paul KirchnerNew Lenox$143K
- William BushRockford$141K
- Daniel BrownHarrisburg$136K
- Syed HusainArlington Heights$82K
- Timothy GrahamTaylorville$70K
- Paul PotachWheeling$45K
- Steven JasonowiczBarrington$34K
- Jaclyn SchumannJoliet$29K
- Zehra HyderiAlgonquin$27K
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.