Rutendo Nkomo
Pediatrics · Alton, ILNPI 1861841454
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 63 payments — averaging $16.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$155
- Merck$116
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$79
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$68
- Exact Sciences$58
- Dexcom, Inc.$40
- plus $550 from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,066100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 8 | $155 |
| Merck | 6 | $116 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $58 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $14 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Organon | 1 | $6 |
How this compares
$1,066 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,058 pediatrics providers in Illinois.
Other pediatrics in Alton
- Amy PallerChicago$7M
- Jonathan RobertsPeoria$1.7M
- Mindy SimpsonChicago$1M
- Jonathan KaufmanBarrington$932K
- Jan BergerChicago$886K
- Linda LauxChicago$688K
- Mary SchmidtChicago$646K
- Eugene SuhMaywood$424K
- Ruchi GuptaChicago$390K
- Anita Chandra PuriChicago$367K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.