Daniel Sacks, MD
Otolaryngology · Franklin, TNNPI 1598059545
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,371 of the $6,071 with a category attached, or 72.0%. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.6%. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,850 and has fallen 55.9% since, to $815 in 2025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $47.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$915
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$471
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$425
- Optinose US, Inc.$304
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1002%
- Travel & lodging$1,60026%
- Food & beverage$4,37172%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 12 | $1,370 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $1,195 |
| Stryker | 29 | $915 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 10 | $471 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $425 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 13 | $304 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $249 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $217 |
| GSK | 10 | $184 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $106 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $58 |
| Novartis | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $44 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $38 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $28 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $21 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$951
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$944
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$315
- Baha$249
- PROPEL$246
- Acclarent Aera$168
- Inspira Air$168
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$168
- TruDi Probe$168
- Inspire$145
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$144
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$144
- SPIROX - LATERA$137
- GammaTile$135
- LIBTAYO$128
- Nucleus$105
How this compares
$6,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 191 otolaryngology providers in Tennessee.
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 | 118 | $3,928 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 41 | $1,237 |
| Ofloxacin | 20 | $924 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 37 | $846 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 45 | $503 |
| Cefdinir | 19 | $309 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $275 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $250 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $215 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 20 | $171 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $109 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $85 |
| Diazepam | 19 | $52 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $50 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Franklin
- Ronald SchroederFranklin$10K
- Rakesh ChandraNashville$381K
- David FortuneHermitage$298K
- Grady BryantHermitage$74K
- Marion GillespieMemphis$67K
- Clyde MathisonFarragut$66K
- Dean KlugGermantown$37K
- Michael TopfNashville$36K
- John GleysteenMemphis$25K
- Allan RosenbaumPowell$21K
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.