Brian Farrell
Otolaryngology · Orland Park, ILNPI 1558320747
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 51 payments — averaging $23.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$182
- Watermark Medical, Inc.$143
- Optinose US, Inc.$142
- GSK$111
- Medtronic$82
- Merck$77
- plus $442 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,179100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 7 | $182 |
| Watermark Medical, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 9 | $142 |
| GSK | 6 | $111 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $82 |
| Merck | 5 | $77 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $61 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $53 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $37 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$1,179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 390 otolaryngology providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 38 | $862 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 14 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Orland Park
- Nirav ThakkarOrland Park$10K
- Bruce TanChicago$940K
- Jayant PintoChicago$747K
- David ConleyChicago$630K
- Robert KernChicago$610K
- Mihir BhayaniChicago$298K
- Charles WeingartenGlenview$268K
- Samer Al-KhudariChicago$251K
- Robert NaclerioBurr Ridge$229K
- T K VenkatesanChicago$223K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.