Rana Higgins, MD
Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1598076309
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.2%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 66.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgery clinicians in WI 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 217 payments — averaging $682.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$99K
- Intuitive Surgical$31K
- Medtronic$10K
- Covidien LP$8K
- Baxter Healthcare$217
- Stryker$170
- plus $121 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$72,78349%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,28020%
- Travel & lodging$12,3958%
- Food & beverage$8,3106%
- Education$25,25017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 142 | $99,059 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 42 | $30,944 |
| Medtronic | 15 | $9,942 |
| Covidien LP | 10 | $7,565 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $217 |
| Stryker | 3 | $170 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $105 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$71,555
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$69,593
- GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$65,076
- GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial$30,932
- Da Vinci Surgical System$30,370
- GORE SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial$11,852
- GORE ENFORM Intraperitoneal Biomaterial$10,695
- BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement$10,610
- ProGrip$9,838
- Parietene$6,922
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$4,323
- Product in Development$1,035
- SYNECOR Biomaterial$1,032
- GORE ENFORM Biomaterial$456
- 1688$145
- TISSEEL$139
How this compares
$148,018 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 499 surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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.
Other surgery in Milwaukee
- Matthew GoldblattMilwaukee$594K
- Charles FehringMilwaukee$86K
- Ezra TeitelbaumMilwaukee$85K
- Jon GouldMilwaukee$77K
- Basil SalaymehMilwaukee$43K
- Kevin HudakMilwaukee$34K
- Andrew KastenmeierMilwaukee$30K
- Tammy KindelMilwaukee$29K
- James RydlewiczMilwaukee$21K
- Nicole HadjiloucasMilwaukee$21K
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.