David Friedmann, MD
Otology & Neurotology · New York, NYNPI 1063656296
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cochlear Americas accounts for 75.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,897 and has fallen 93.8% since, to $180 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $156.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$8K
- Med-el Corporation$1K
- Vertex$458
- Iotamotion, Inc.$421
- Nobelpharma America, LLC$216
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$196
- plus $227 from 3 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $25,275 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Nobelpharma America, LLC$165K
- Cochlear Americas$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,17539%
- Travel & lodging$3,62034%
- Food & beverage$2,99528%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 47 | $8,104 |
| Med-el Corporation | 9 | $1,170 |
| Vertex | 1 | $458 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 2 | $421 |
| Nobelpharma America, LLC | 3 | $216 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 4 | $196 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $173 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Baha$5,814
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$3,656
- Cochlear$3,067
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$2,331
- Nucleus$1,950
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$1,325
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$1,325
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$852
- BCI 602 Kit$852
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$852
- iotaSOFT Insertion System$421
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$173
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$122
How this compares
$10,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 26 otology & neurotology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 14 | $1,205 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in New York
- John RolandNew York$86K
- Sean McMenomeyNew York$27K
- Daniel JethanamestNew York$17K
- Zachary SchwamNew York$15K
- George AlexiadesNew York$8K
- Sujana ChandrasekharNew York$5K
- Eric SmouhaNew York$5K
- Darius KohanNew York$3K
- Neil SperlingNew York$2K
- Won Taek ChoeNew York$2K
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.