Howard Golan
Dentist · New Hyde Park, NYNPI 1609949619
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $114,277 of the $148,737 with a category attached, or 76.8%. Biolase, Inc. accounts for 92.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $54,818 and has fallen 80.3% since, to $10,785 in 2024. Among dentist clinicians in NY 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 83 payments — averaging $1792.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biolase, Inc.$137K
- Biolase MG LLC$11K
- DMG America LLC$374
- Straumann USA LLC$168
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$57
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$35
- plus $149 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$114,27777%
- Food & beverage$34,07123%
- Education$150%
- Gifts$3740%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biolase, Inc. | 65 | $137,204 |
| Biolase MG LLC | 1 | $10,750 |
| DMG America LLC | 1 | $374 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 4 | $168 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $35 |
| ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Waterlase iPlus$145,697
- Waterlase iPlus, Epic, iLase$774
- LUXACROWN A2$374
How this compares
$148,737 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,954 dentist providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in New Hyde Park
- David GallerWoodmere$4.3M
- Jehyun ChongFlushing$1.6M
- Jeffrey GallerBrooklyn$532K
- Andrew ReingoldNew York$486K
- Steven GlassmanNew York$473K
- Ron KaminerHewlett$455K
- Jason KimFlushing$427K
- Robert MikhliBrooklyn$290K
- Peter AusterPomona$234K
- Paul SiuNew York$178K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.