Brian Sugai, DPM
Podiatrist · Hilo, HINPI 1063516227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,172 of the $3,284 with a category attached, or 66.1%. Mimedx Group, Inc. accounts for 93.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,015 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $54 in 2025.
Across 13 payments — averaging $252.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$152
- Novartis$63
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17266%
- Food & beverage$1,11234%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 9 | $3,069 |
| Abbott | 3 | $152 |
| Novartis | 1 | $63 |
How this compares
Too few podiatrist providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JubliaEfinaconazole | 15 | $14,260 |
| Ciclopirox | 39 | $1,699 |
| Mupirocin | 152 | $1,227 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 79 | $1,089 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 15 | $917 |
| Ketoconazole | 25 | $540 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $367 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $304 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 21 | $301 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 17 | $258 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $206 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 23 | $196 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $150 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $136 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Hilo
- Robert AkiEwa Beach$6K
- Nathan HigaAiea$3K
- Andrew ChengHonolulu$2K
- Douglas BirchKahului$1K
- Kenson MiyakiHonolulu$1K
- Attilio AvinoAiea$517
- Michael ChunAiea$431
- Christopher YeeHonolulu$320
- Tyler ChiharaLihue$285
- Linda HoHonolulu$169
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.