Christopher Tam, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,836, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $2,990.
Across 38 payments — averaging $74.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Valencia Technologies Corporation$249
- Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.$201
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$155
- Boston Scientific$123
- Teleflex LLC$114
- plus $362 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,36948%
- Food & beverage$1,36648%
- Education$1004%
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 | 18 | $1,631 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 4 | $249 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $201 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 2 | $155 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $123 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $100 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $43 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 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.
- ALTAVIVA$1,230
- Optilume BPH Drug Coated Balloon Catheter$122
- UroLift$114
- ORGOVYX$113
- INTERSTIM$108
- eCoin Device Kit$105
How this compares
$2,834 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 63 urology providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 104 | $73,208 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 49 | $40,951 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 362 | $6,253 |
| Finasteride | 294 | $4,070 |
| Testosterone | 28 | $2,487 |
| Estradiol | 41 | $2,033 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 11 | $643 |
| Cephalexin | 194 | $584 |
| Trospium Chloride | 11 | $557 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 19 | $467 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 23 | $389 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 28 | $272 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 13 | $197 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 26 | $160 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 56 | $152 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $100 | $73,208104 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $113 | $40,95149 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 45th percentile of 63 urology providers in Nevada.
Other urology in Reno
- Christopher EvansReno$184K
- Eric KimReno$24K
- Nicholas HauserReno$12K
- Angelo KanellosReno$11K
- Timothy SuttleReno$8K
- Ross AndersonReno$7K
- Matthew McCormackReno$3K
- Chloe ShenkReno$3K
- Dielle DuvalReno$3K
- Remy LambertsReno$3K
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.