Wendy Strom
Nurse Practitioner · Evanston, ILNPI 1720289416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 181 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,697 and has fallen 58.9% since, to $1,108 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner 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 181 payments — averaging $40.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$778
- Edwards Lifesciences$617
- Boehringer Ingelheim$409
- Abbott$396
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6749%
- Food & beverage$6,70691%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $1,981 |
| Medtronic | 24 | $1,013 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 15 | $778 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $617 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $409 |
| Abbott | 7 | $396 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 22 | $331 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $273 |
| Novartis | 12 | $224 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $182 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $172 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $124 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $121 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $90 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Bayer | 3 | $60 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $57 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- WATCHMAN Access System$644
- Watchman$642
- Carto 3$585
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$300
- AVEIR$290
- PASCAL$161
- Cobalt$147
- Soundstar$143
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$121
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$121
- JARDIANCE$118
- NA$118
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$117
- SelectSecure$117
- Ozempic$110
- WATCHMAN FLX$109
- SelectSite$100
How this compares
$7,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,869 nurse practitioner providers in Illinois.
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 nurse practitioner in Evanston
- Dara McKinleyEvanston$66K
- Marizthel GuiabEvanston$19K
- Deepa VallikatWest Dundee$332K
- Maria MalotoNaperville$135K
- Valerie LaroyOak Lawn$112K
- Jennifer LiebChampaign$109K
- Tanya MungerRockford$106K
- Erika VuckoChicago$76K
- Yvonna OldakerFlossmoor$74K
- Heather PiercePekin$72K
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.