Adam Schwalje
Otolaryngology · Iowa City, IANPI 1174904890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 76.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $498 and has fallen 71.3% since, to $143 in 2025.
Across 21 payments — averaging $50.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$807
- Stryker$68
- Smith+Nephew$47
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$42
- Itamar Medical Inc$40
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$21
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,053100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 12 | $807 |
| Stryker | 2 | $68 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $47 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 2 | $40 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $21 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Inspire$324
How this compares
$1,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 174 | $3,727 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 24 | $2,681 |
| Ofloxacin | 36 | $1,199 |
| Omeprazole | 42 | $587 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 39 | $422 |
| Mupirocin | 44 | $364 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 23 | $261 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $80 |
| Prednisone | 24 | $53 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Iowa City
- Bruce GantzIowa City$170K
- Nancy BaumanIowa City$31K
- Brian AndrewsIowa City$9K
- Douglas BennionIowa City$6K
- Grace NimmonsIowa City$4K
- Henry HoffmanIowa City$4K
- Michael ReedIowa City$3K
- Zaid Al-QurayshiIowa City$3K
- Megan JensenIowa City$2K
- Prashanth PrabakaranIowa City$2K
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.