Elaine Fitzpatrick, MD
Otolaryngology · North Platte, NENPI 1801974324
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 12 payments — averaging $20.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$49
- Stryker$46
- Novartis$46
- Optinose US, Inc.$38
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$23
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$15
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$244100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $49 |
| Stryker | 2 | $46 |
| Novartis | 2 | $46 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$244 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 86 otolaryngology providers in Nebraska.
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 | 11 | $1,585 |
| Omeprazole | 86 | $1,560 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 24 | $894 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 19 | $707 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 57 | $685 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 25 | $482 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 31 | $445 |
| Prednisone | 70 | $340 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 12 | $327 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 17 | $275 |
| Famotidine | 33 | $268 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 11 | $218 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in North Platte
- Aaron RobinsonLincoln$51K
- Demetrio AguilaPapillion$50K
- Rahul VarmanOmaha$13K
- Daniel O'BrienOmaha$10K
- Wallace DuffOmaha$8K
- Jenna BergLincoln$4K
- Tyler BlissOmaha$4K
- Adam PleasOmaha$4K
- Kyle StansiferOmaha$3K
- Jessica Moran-HansenOmaha$3K
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.