Hee Yang, MD
General Surgery · Englewood Cliffs, NJNPI 1174559280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (50.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,366 and has fallen 79.5% since, to $1,712 in 2025. Among general surgery clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 45 payments — averaging $369.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$180
- TELA Bio, Inc.$171
- Olympus America Inc.$146
- plus $67 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,81335%
- Food & beverage$2,49315%
- Gifts$220%
- Other$8,31750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 5 | $8,571 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 27 | $6,041 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $1,468 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $180 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $30 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
How this compares
$16,645 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 39 general surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metronidazole | 13 | $21 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 13 | $18 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general surgery in Englewood Cliffs
- Nisha DhirPlainsboro$1.7M
- Adam KopelanMillburn$25K
- Steven DeakSomerset$19K
- Vadim GritsusPequannock$8K
- Stuart GeffnerLivingston$7K
- Michael MenackLakewood$5K
- Kenneth GoldmanPlainsboro$4K
- Lawrence JordanPlainsboro$4K
- Alexandra ErhardtHackensack$2K
- James GervasoniNew Brunswick$2K
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.