Eugene Alford, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1093700387
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 12 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 9 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $334 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $33 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $1,846.
Across 12 payments — averaging $61.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$176
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$162
- Wound Management Technologies, Inc$118
- Zimmer Biomet$115
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$48
- Baxter Healthcare$36
- plus $81 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$738100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 3 | $162 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $33 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CellerateRx$118
- Walter$115
- MemoryGel Breast Implants$100
How this compares
$738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 51 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 15 | $709 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $153 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $123 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $86 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $43 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $38 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Houston
- Michel SiegelHouston$23K
- Etai FunkHouston$18K
- Jamie KuHouston$18K
- James AndrewsHouston$11K
- Bradford PattHouston$5K
- Ninh NguyenHouston$4K
- Becky McGraw WallHouston$2K
- Fred BresslerHouston$2K
- Cuong NguyenHouston$1K
- Clelie MelanconHouston$750
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.