Douglas Kirsch, MD
Sleep Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1841304748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $24,809 of the $26,072 with a category attached, or 95.2%. Resmed Corp accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,410, more than ten times the $105 reported in 2020. Among sleep medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 30 payments — averaging $869.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Resmed Corp$16K
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$9K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$492
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$200
- Eisai Inc.$105
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$86
- plus $33 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,80995%
- Travel & lodging$3031%
- Food & beverage$8553%
- Education$1050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Resmed Corp | 9 | $16,080 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 7 | $9,076 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 6 | $492 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $200 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $105 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $4 |
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.
- AirSense$16,080
- QUVIVIQ$8,832
- Inspire$290
- LUMRYZ$200
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$150
How this compares
$26,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 sleep medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 111 | $1,339 |
| Eszopiclone | 19 | $926 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 44 | $823 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 18 | $605 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 29 | $532 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 34 | $437 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 60 | $316 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 26 | $297 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 38 | $270 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $201 |
| Clonazepam | 42 | $155 |
| Lorazepam | 18 | $130 |
| Alprazolam | 19 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sleep medicine in Charlotte
- Jeannine GingrasCharlotte$3K
- Meredith SnappCharlotte$2K
- Bianca StewartCharlotte$2K
- Kimberly MimsCharlotte$1K
- Steve ChungCharlotte$1K
- Jacob ColemanCharlotte$1K
- Ehrlich TanCharlotte$801
- William ClemonsCharlotte$385
- Adedayo OgunleyeCharlotte$219
- Dharmeshkumar SuratwalaCharlotte$157
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.