B Woodson, MD
Otolaryngology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1366494858
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.3%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 88.1% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,842 and has fallen 70.8% since, to $6,078 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in WI 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 68 payments — averaging $658.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$39K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- Cook Incorporated$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$31
Across 22 payments — averaging $2226.18 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.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$37K
- Medtronic$12K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$11,52626%
- Consulting fees$22,95951%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,1837%
- Travel & lodging$5,27912%
- Food & beverage$1,8494%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 48 | $39,447 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 18 | $3,136 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $2,183 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $31 |
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.
- ORO-TRACHEAL$11,526
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$2,791
- Cook Medical Sleep$2,183
- CAUSSE$138
- Inspire$116
How this compares
$44,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 168 otolaryngology providers in Wisconsin.
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 | 56 | $1,716 |
| Zaleplon | 24 | $301 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $155 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 13 | $117 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 13 | $97 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $39 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Milwaukee
- David PoetkerMilwaukee$13K
- Madan KandulaMilwaukee$6K
- Tanner FullmerMilwaukee$5K
- David MiyamaMilwaukee$4K
- Sachin PawarMilwaukee$3K
- Sam KhaliliMilwaukee$3K
- Ethan HandlerMilwaukee$3K
- Tasher LoseneggerMilwaukee$2K
- Jonathan BockMilwaukee$2K
- Dominic CatalanoMilwaukee$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.