Stephen Ray, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1265419188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. accounts for 73.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,367 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $168 in 2024. Among hospice and palliative medicine clinicians in IL 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 34 payments — averaging $67.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$2K
- Novartis$117
- Amgen$109
- Pfizer$75
- Bristol Myers Squibb$57
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$50
- plus $203 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24254%
- Food & beverage$66329%
- Education$40017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 4 | $1,695 |
| Novartis | 5 | $117 |
| Amgen | 5 | $109 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $75 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $57 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INTRABEAM$1,642
How this compares
$2,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 53 hospice and palliative medicine providers in Illinois.
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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.
Other hospice and palliative medicine in Chicago
- Anne LauxChicago$2K
- Rasha JabriChicago$2K
- Orlanda MackieChicago$842
- Jeremiah DoreChicago$350
- Elizabeth GobbiChicago$250
- Sasha HaranChicago$235
- Minti ShahChicago$174
- Birinder MarwahChicago$125
- Talia ShearChicago$118
- Sandy TunChicago$102
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.