Paul Vanek, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Mentor, OHNPI 1730256967
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.1%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 74.0% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $47,597 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $6,555 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in OH 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 124 payments — averaging $736.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$68K
- Apyx Medical Corporation$17K
- AbbVie$4K
- Sientra, Inc.$2K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$859
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$219
- plus $485 from 8 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $406.25 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.
- Sientra, Inc.$813
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,40034%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,29212%
- Travel & lodging$44,85449%
- Food & beverage$3,7664%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 28 | $67,612 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 9 | $16,680 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 49 | $3,611 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 7 | $1,846 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $859 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $219 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 9 | $162 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 4 | $107 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $58 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $46 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medtronic | 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.
How this compares
$91,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 78 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron Hcl | 18 | $313 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $142 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 12 | $138 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Mentor
- Richard SimmanToledo$76K
- Sunishka WimalawansaBeavercreek$68K
- James GatherwrightCleveland$52K
- Matthew GoldschmidtIndependence$47K
- Katherine GrawePowell$44K
- Abeer KalandarCleveland$34K
- David MegeeCincinnati$25K
- William AbouhassanColumbus$19K
- Todd HicksDayton$15K
- Steven GoldmanBeachwood$14K
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.