David Mener, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology · New Rochelle, NYNPI 1124346242
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,100 of the $4,029 with a category attached, or 76.9%. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,083 and has fallen 51.6% since, to $524 in 2025. Among pediatric otolaryngology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 125 payments — averaging $32.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$746
- Verathon Inc.$550
- Sanofi$534
- Optinose US, Inc.$387
- Novartis$382
- Stryker$328
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$83021%
- Food & beverage$3,10077%
- Education$992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 25 | $746 |
| Verathon Inc. | 1 | $550 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $534 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 19 | $387 |
| Novartis | 17 | $382 |
| Stryker | 6 | $328 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $257 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $154 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $144 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $109 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$4,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 39 pediatric otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 181 | $3,381 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 87 | $2,215 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 294 | $2,161 |
| Omeprazole | 84 | $469 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 11 | $439 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $243 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $226 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $181 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric otolaryngology in New Rochelle
- Robert RubenBronx$20K
- Richard RosenfeldBrooklyn$12K
- Jennifer McLevy-BazzanellaValhalla$8K
- Tamekia WakefieldFlushing$4K
- Jay DolitskyNew York$3K
- Stephanie WongRochester$1K
- Michael PizzutoBuffalo$1K
- Alyssa HackettBayside$1K
- Mark NagyBuffalo$1K
- Sanjay ParikhBronx$1K
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.