Brandon Fornwalt
Otolaryngology · Glendale, AZNPI 1912407172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 27.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,427, more than ten times the $107 reported in 2021. Among otolaryngology clinicians in AZ 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 148 payments — averaging $88.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$937
- Sanofi$550
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$280
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,23248%
- Food & beverage$6,76752%
- Education$550%
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. | 61 | $3,626 |
| Stryker | 21 | $3,398 |
| Smith+Nephew | 15 | $3,050 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $937 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $550 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $280 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $262 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $177 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| GSK | 4 | $120 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $99 |
| BD | 1 | $81 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- TULA$2,792
- Inspire$2,394
- Coblation$2,130
- NA$1,105
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$828
- LATERA$567
- DUPIXENT$268
- SCOPIS ENT$219
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$170
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$161
- PROPEL$156
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$155
- Xhance$140
How this compares
$13,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 150 otolaryngology providers in Arizona.
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 | 148 | $3,398 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 76 | $1,964 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 13 | $1,421 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 70 | $1,066 |
| Methylprednisolone | 101 | $624 |
| Mupirocin | 42 | $374 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 33 | $306 |
| Omeprazole | 39 | $233 |
| Ofloxacin | 11 | $224 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 32 | $198 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $112 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Glendale
- Ravi AgarwalGlendale$3K
- Elliot LiblingGlendale$2K
- Daniel CharousGoodyear$196K
- Jordan WeinerScottsdale$129K
- Lisa GrunebaumScottsdale$121K
- Peter KaiserPhoenix$114K
- Glenn RothmanMesa$51K
- Farhan TaghizadehPhoenix$46K
- Eugene ChangTucson$44K
- Shawn StevensPhoenix$33K
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.