Farhan Taghizadeh, MD
Otolaryngology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1114948353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (31.3%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 40.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $15,169 and has fallen 84.3% since, to $2,379 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in AZ 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 213 payments — averaging $215.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$19K
- AbbVie$14K
- Merz North America, Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$951
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$443
- plus $1K from 12 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $4427.40 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,40027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,15018%
- Travel & lodging$4,2119%
- Food & beverage$6,70415%
- Education$170%
- Gifts$14,37231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 81 | $18,591 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $14,437 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 21 | $8,763 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $1,538 |
| Stryker | 15 | $951 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 13 | $443 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 29 | $393 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 3 | $151 |
| Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $85 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $57 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $23 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$17,105
- ALLODERM$14,372
- XEOMIN$8,000
- RHINAER STYLUS$863
- NUVENT$727
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$171
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$170
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$161
- SCOPIS ENT$151
- CellFX$146
- PROPEL$122
- FUSION$119
- Vivaer RF Stylus$109
How this compares
$45,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 150 otolaryngology providers in Arizona.
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 | 67 | $1,497 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 68 | $497 |
| Amoxicillin | 67 | $203 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $123 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 21 | $115 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $100 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $97 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 18 | $75 |
| Acyclovir | 11 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Phoenix
- Peter KaiserPhoenix$114K
- Shawn StevensPhoenix$33K
- Richard PearlsteinPhoenix$10K
- Devyani LalPhoenix$8K
- Christian PaquetPhoenix$8K
- Alyson KaplanPhoenix$6K
- Manikandan SugumaranPhoenix$6K
- Robert BridgePhoenix$6K
- Jeffrey TaffetPhoenix$6K
- Michael GutmanPhoenix$4K
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.