Tracy Casas
Acute Care · Palos Heights, ILNPI 1760904676
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,856 of the $3,606 with a category attached, or 79.2%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by GT Medical Technologies, Inc at 30.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,278, more than ten times the $95 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 118 payments — averaging $30.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$1K
- Bayer$337
- Novartis$330
- AstraZeneca$261
- Johnson & Johnson$157
- Incyte Corporation$142
- plus $1K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$35010%
- Travel & lodging$35010%
- Food & beverage$2,85679%
- Education$501%
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.
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
$3,606 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 461 acute care providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| SsdSilver Sulfadiazine | 15 | $308 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Palos Heights
- Tedra GrayChicago$78K
- Lynn HickmanArlington Heights$61K
- Gwen CassidyChicago$46K
- Laura CoyleOak Lawn$34K
- Erin DarguzasChicago$17K
- Amy BatesQuincy$14K
- Sarah MiyataChicago$11K
- Katie MeadorChicago$10K
- Dena PelletreauArlington Heights$9K
- Pamela KontosHazel Crest$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.