Stephen Badylak
Lafayette, INNPI 1588037816
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (50.0%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Triad Life Sciences Inc. accounts for 62.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $581,878 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $97,136 in 2025.
Across 298 payments — averaging $3231.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$597K
- Convatec Inc.$191K
- Davol Inc.$167K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$3K
- Elutia, Inc.$2K
- BD$1K
- plus $819 from 3 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $73,769 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.
- Davol Inc.$3.2M
- Convatec Inc.$244K
- Elutia, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$335,97535%
- Speaking & faculty fees$98,40010%
- Travel & lodging$40,2804%
- Food & beverage$7,2071%
- Other$481,13050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 41 | $597,269 |
| Convatec Inc. | 91 | $191,080 |
| Davol Inc. | 142 | $166,943 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $3,495 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $2,030 |
| BD | 14 | $1,356 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 3 | $735 |
| Amgen | 1 | $48 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $37 |
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.
- InnovaMatrix AC$488,854
- Phasix Mesh$7,202
- PHASIX$2,597
- ECM Patch,Pouch$2,030
- ARISTA$805
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$527
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.