Ariel Waitzman, MD
Otolaryngology · Dearborn, MINPI 1639149677
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,322 of the $16,795 with a category attached, or 61.5%. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6%. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MI 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 310 payments — averaging $54.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$4K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$3K
- Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Acclarent, Inc$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 13 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $7400.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,25013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7504%
- Travel & lodging$3,46421%
- Food & beverage$10,32261%
- Gifts$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 78 | $3,963 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 13 | $2,929 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $2,272 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 43 | $2,254 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 67 | $1,757 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 55 | $1,087 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $892 |
| Stryker | 8 | $371 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $315 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $243 |
| GSK | 10 | $194 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- SINUVA$2,453
- DSUVIA$2,250
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,936
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,936
- Acclarent Aera$1,525
- Inspira Air$1,282
- SeptAlign$487
- TURBALIGN$487
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$426
- TruDi Probe$426
- PROPEL$271
- Acclarent Navwire$243
- Relieva Spinplus$175
- Inspire$159
- ACCLARENT SE INFLATION DEVICE$128
- NAV - PROFESS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$118
- ENTELLUS - ENTELLUS MEDICAL SHAVER SYSTEM$116
- DUPIXENT$111
- Xhance$107
- Vivaer RF Stylus$102
How this compares
$16,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 257 otolaryngology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 278 | $4,755 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 117 | $3,362 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 98 | $3,152 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 21 | $2,681 |
| Prednisolone | 13 | $1,170 |
| Famotidine | 62 | $614 |
| Methylprednisolone | 87 | $416 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 72 | $399 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 38 | $349 |
| Mupirocin | 67 | $342 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 38 | $258 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $183 |
| Cefdinir | 14 | $170 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $158 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Dearborn
- Frederick LopatinDearborn$24K
- Michael CarronDearborn$22K
- Roger TomaDearborn$4K
- Charles BoydBirmingham$825K
- Jack KartushFarmington Hills$225K
- Robert StandringSouthfield$217K
- Robert StachlerWest Bloomfield$174K
- Giancarlo ZulianiBloomfield Hills$61K
- Lamont JonesDetroit$52K
- Gregory WolfAnn Arbor$46K
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.