Danielle Scarola, MD
Otolaryngology · Farmington, CTNPI 1285098244
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (37.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 73.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,939 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $360 in 2024.
Across 18 payments — averaging $146.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Kls-martin L.p.$259
- Johnson & Johnson$143
- Baxter Healthcare$125
- Atos Medical Inc$73
- Stryker$62
- plus $41 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$91034%
- Food & beverage$73228%
- Education$1,00038%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $1,939 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $259 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $143 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Stryker | 1 | $62 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$891
How this compares
$2,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 119 otolaryngology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 52 | $554 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 42 | $497 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $372 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $284 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $254 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 30 | $215 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $89 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 18 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Farmington
- Belachew TessemaFarmington$45K
- Seth BrownFarmington$39K
- Benjamin WycherlyFarmington$8K
- Todd FalconeFarmington$6K
- Denis LafreniereFarmington$4K
- Roshansa SinghFarmington$3K
- Jerlon ChiuFarmington$3K
- Erin AldayFarmington$2K
- Sara PaiNew Haven$160K
- Richard ManesNew Haven$67K
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.