Andrew Thomas, MD
Otolaryngology · Grass Valley, CANPI 1922340579
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 34.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,556 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $440 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $99.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$938
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$460
- Optinose US, Inc.$233
- plus $500 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4066%
- Travel & lodging$2,39234%
- Food & beverage$4,09458%
- Education$1803%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 27 | $2,410 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 18 | $1,488 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $1,043 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $938 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $460 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $233 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $180 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $116 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $79 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $50 |
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.
- SCOPIS ENT$970
- VIVAER STYLUS$822
- RHINAER STYLUS$822
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$800
- NUVENT$610
- PROPEL$278
- SINUVA$233
- Coblation Wands$180
- FIAGON NAVIGATION UNIT$161
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$147
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$145
- NASOPORE$145
- ENTELLUS MEDICAL REINFORCED ANESTHESIA NEEDLE$145
- LATERA$145
- Xhance$135
- Vivaer RF Stylus$125
How this compares
$7,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 25 | $622 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 18 | $608 |
| Mupirocin | 60 | $439 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $319 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $239 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $62 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $38 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $33 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Grass Valley
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$924K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
- Todd MillerNewport Beach$259K
- Jeffrey SuhLos Angeles$223K
- Dennis TangLos Angeles$209K
- Jeffrey FeinfieldThousand Oaks$160K
- Jonathan SykesGranite Bay$148K
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.