Vanessa Foster, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Hammond, INNPI 1033101753
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 15 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Hologic Sales And Service, LLC at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $320 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $34 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $708.
Across 15 payments — averaging $37.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$254
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$69
- Merck$57
- AbbVie$53
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$42
- Si-bone, Inc.$33
- plus $51 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$558100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $254 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Merck | 1 | $57 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $53 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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
$558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 743 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Indiana.
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 obstetrics & gynecology in Hammond
- Ashley ScottFort Wayne$124K
- Candace WestgateIndianapolis$123K
- Keith RamseyLake Station$116K
- Stefanie FloraCarmel$106K
- Lori DavidsonGreenwood$54K
- Julius Ellisla Porte$53K
- Emmary ButlerWinchester$45K
- Enrique InfanteElkhart$41K
- Paul MorrisonNewburgh$38K
- Joseph ShinnLafayette$34K
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.