Brian Herr, MD
Otolaryngology · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1700888575
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 133 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $665, 2.1 times the $314 reported in 2019.
Across 133 payments — averaging $24.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$773
- Sanofi$684
- Optinose US, Inc.$460
- GSK$290
- Aerin Medical Inc.$228
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$182
- plus $614 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,15898%
- Education$341%
- Other$381%
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 | 11 | $773 |
| Sanofi | 30 | $684 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 33 | $460 |
| GSK | 15 | $290 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 7 | $228 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $182 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $71 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 3 | $63 |
| Amgen | 3 | $61 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $38 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $34 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,230 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 193 otolaryngology providers in Indiana.
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 | 79 | $2,315 |
| Famotidine | 287 | $2,046 |
| Epinephrine | 11 | $1,540 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 102 | $1,373 |
| Omeprazole | 135 | $1,205 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 33 | $1,000 |
| Mupirocin | 55 | $467 |
| Cefdinir | 18 | $361 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 | $355 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 58 | $353 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $126 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 12 | $105 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $88 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 29 | $86 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Fort Wayne
- Paul PorterFort Wayne$6K
- Sreeya YalamanchaliFort Wayne$4K
- Douglas NuckolsFort Wayne$3K
- Joshua GreeneAnderson$955K
- Satyan SreenathIndianapolis$103K
- Stephen FreemanCarmel$33K
- Venkata KakarlapudiNew Albany$33K
- Elisa IllingIndianapolis$28K
- Colin NeumannNew Albany$26K
- Erin KevernElkhart$26K
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.