Paul Kirchner
Podiatrist · New Lenox, ILNPI 1790899979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $140,943 of the $143,117 with a category attached, or 98.5%. Smith+Nephew accounts for 98.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $141,265 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $119 in 2025. Among podiatrist 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 79 payments — averaging $1811.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$142K
- Stryker$833
- Organogenesis Inc.$461
- Kerecis Limited$197
- Johnson & Johnson$38
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$35
- plus $38 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3190%
- Food & beverage$1,5671%
- Gifts$2880%
- Other$140,94398%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 45 | $141,515 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 11 | $833 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 12 | $461 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $197 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $25 |
| Fusion Orthopedics USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GRAFIX PL$140,943
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$471
- CARTIVA$288
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$118
- Grafix PRIME$107
- Grafix CORE$107
- Grafix XC$107
- Grafix PL PRIME$107
- Stravix$107
How this compares
$143,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $98 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $66 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 17 | $60 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $27 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in New Lenox
- David YeagerMorrison$345K
- 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
- Magdalena MarcinekAddison$26K
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.