Paul Kreienberg, MD
Vascular Surgery · Albany, NYNPI 1780674564
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 36.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $55,797 and has fallen 92.5% since, to $4,174 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 509 payments — averaging $226.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$42K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$31K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$24K
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Endologix LLC$564
- plus $3K from 16 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $1534.94 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Laminate Medical Technologies Inc.$18K
- Penumbra, Inc.$18K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$15K
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,41238%
- Speaking & faculty fees$32,37528%
- Grants$2000%
- Travel & lodging$13,96012%
- Food & beverage$23,89421%
- Education$5380%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 72 | $41,580 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 29 | $31,369 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 44 | $23,940 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 243 | $13,212 |
| Boston Scientific | 83 | $2,114 |
| Endologix LLC | 6 | $564 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $543 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $345 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $247 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $218 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $186 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $156 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $152 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Abbott | 3 | $62 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 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.
- Indigo$33,969
- WAVELINQ$13,249
- Product in Development$10,260
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$9,690
- Indigo System$4,015
- POD$2,585
- ClosureFast$2,582
- Abre$1,863
- HawkOne$1,445
- GORE ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$1,297
- Endurant$1,100
- Penumbra System$1,038
- IN.PACT AV$769
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$640
- ELUVIA$515
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$389
- VASCULAR$351
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$351
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$342
- ENDURANT IIS$334
How this compares
$115,379 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 405 vascular surgery providers in New York.
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 | 12 | $95 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 18 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Albany
- Jeffrey HnathAlbany$289K
- Kathleen OzsvathAlbany$183K
- Yaron SternbachAlbany$40K
- Gary GelbfishNew York$1.9M
- Sundaram RavikumarDobbs Ferry$1.8M
- Antonios GasparisHuntington$1.5M
- Sonya NoorBuffalo$991K
- John LantisNew York$922K
- Brian DerubertisNew York$714K
- James McKinseyNew York$616K
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.