Derek Kong, MD
Otolaryngology · Trumbull, CTNPI 1679936066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,101 of the $2,624 with a category attached, or 80.0%. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,709, more than ten times the $114 reported in 2022.
Across 62 payments — averaging $42.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$604
- GSK$517
- Neurent Medical Limited$453
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$202
- Medtronic$163
- Acclarent, Inc$161
- plus $524 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$52420%
- Food & beverage$2,10180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $604 |
| GSK | 15 | $517 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 6 | $453 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $202 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $163 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 6 | $161 |
| Stryker | 3 | $122 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $55 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $43 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Watermark Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$2,624 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 161 | $4,208 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 186 | $3,147 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 73 | $1,513 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 13 | $1,243 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $955 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 14 | $743 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $469 |
| Mupirocin | 52 | $349 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $284 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 29 | $261 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $211 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 20 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Trumbull
- Adam PearlTrumbull$3K
- Sara PaiNew Haven$160K
- Richard ManesNew Haven$67K
- Howard StupakWestport$48K
- Belachew TessemaFarmington$45K
- Seth BrownFarmington$39K
- Howard BoeyNew Haven$19K
- Mahesh BhayaWaterbury$11K
- Neil SchiffWaterbury$10K
- Benjamin WycherlyFarmington$8K
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.