Brian Kerr, MD
Otolaryngology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1376587717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 125 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 24.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $910 and has fallen 64.0% since, to $327 in 2025.
Across 125 payments — averaging $28.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$872
- Sanofi$401
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$244
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$243
- Amgen$157
- Optinose US, Inc.$140
- plus $1K from 29 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $156,250 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Novapproach Spine, LLC$625K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,509100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 10 | $872 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $401 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 18 | $244 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $157 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $140 |
| Abbott | 9 | $139 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $136 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Merck | 5 | $75 |
| Insulet Corporation | 4 | $71 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $59 |
| Stryker | 3 | $47 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $45 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| C2dx, Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $27 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $18 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $17 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 586 otolaryngology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,178 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 20 | $1,072 |
| Omeprazole | 104 | $1,023 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 57 | $790 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 33 | $787 |
| Gabapentin | 61 | $776 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 45 | $519 |
| Clotrimazole | 15 | $376 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $335 |
| Prednisone | 71 | $235 |
| Mupirocin | 36 | $214 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 17 | $198 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 27 | $172 |
| Fluconazole | 13 | $100 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $85 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Gainesville
- Jeb JusticeGainesville$142K
- John WestineGainesville$86K
- Brian LoboGainesville$30K
- Si ChenGainesville$25K
- Peter DziegielewskiGainesville$10K
- Cecelia DamaskOrlando$707K
- Ralph TufanoSarasota$469K
- Franklin RimellFort Myers$314K
- David BrodnerBoynton Beach$209K
- Maria SuurnaMiami$189K
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.