Chris Loughlin, MD
Otolaryngology · Fall River, MANPI 1427086966
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,156 of the $5,415 with a category attached, or 76.8%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,542 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $504 in 2025.
Across 96 payments — averaging $56.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$925
- Optinose US, Inc.$368
- Aerin Medical Inc.$304
- Acclarent, Inc$132
- plus $377 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,25923%
- Food & beverage$4,15677%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $2,162 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,147 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 16 | $925 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 17 | $368 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 5 | $304 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $132 |
| GSK | 3 | $97 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $49 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $46 |
| Amgen | 1 | $29 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $27 |
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.
- NUVENT$1,369
- SINUVA$391
- PROPEL$373
- CLARIFIX$249
- VIVAER STYLUS$165
- RHINAER STYLUS$165
- LATERA$124
- SpinPlus Navigation$110
- FUSION$105
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$104
- ENTELLUS - ENTELLUS MEDICAL SHAVER SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$5,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 298 otolaryngology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 15 | $52,513 |
| XhanceFluticasone Propionate | 26 | $19,615 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 168 | $5,137 |
| Epinephrine | 27 | $3,637 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 26 | $1,036 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 92 | $772 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 79 | $590 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $400 |
| Methylprednisolone | 26 | $188 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $186 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 31 | $183 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $154 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $130 |
| Azithromycin | 35 | $118 |
| Prednisone | 43 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc.Xhance | $368 | $19,61526 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $27 | $3,63727 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 298 otolaryngology providers in Massachusetts.
Other otolaryngology in Fall River
- Ayesha KhalidConcord$511K
- Dennis PoeBoston$264K
- Peter WeberBoston$157K
- Kevin EmerickBoston$89K
- Benjamin BleierBoston$77K
- Gregory RandolphBoston$56K
- Daniel LeeBoston$52K
- Pratik PradhanBrockton$51K
- Marika RussellBoston$50K
- Natalia KyriazidisQuincy$50K
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.