Howard Hammer, DO
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Dickson, TNNPI 1407841539
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,246 of the $7,493 with a category attached, or 70.0%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 34.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,143 and has fallen 91.2% since, to $277 in 2025.
Across 151 payments — averaging $49.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$983
- Stryker$950
- Acclarent, Inc$698
- Aerin Medical Inc.$477
- Optinose US, Inc.$333
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,24730%
- Food & beverage$5,24670%
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 | 10 | $2,593 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 14 | $983 |
| Stryker | 21 | $950 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 19 | $698 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $477 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 19 | $333 |
| GSK | 9 | $271 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $244 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $241 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $157 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 9 | $131 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $80 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $39 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $28 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $24 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Fujifilm New Development USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Novartis | 1 | $11 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Coblation$2,431
- TULA$1,597
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$545
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$318
- VIVAER STYLUS$269
- RHINAER STYLUS$269
- TruDi Nav Cable$227
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$145
- Inspire$123
- NUCALA$122
- Halo$117
How this compares
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 233 | $6,465 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 120 | $3,036 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 218 | $2,283 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 105 | $1,395 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 11 | $1,381 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 18 | $1,021 |
| Methylprednisolone | 63 | $490 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 78 | $458 |
| Prednisone | 122 | $453 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $358 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 56 | $347 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 39 | $325 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $262 |
| Cefdinir | 11 | $135 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Dickson
- Jason HallKnoxville$68K
- James ShireChattanooga$33K
- Eben RosenthalNashville$23K
- James BekenyNashville$10K
- Elizabeth PerkinsNashville$9K
- Marc FeeleyNashville$3K
- Richard DepersioPowell$3K
- Samuel SmithMemphis$2K
- Charles SewallOak Ridge$2K
- Jacqueline BoothOak Ridge$792
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.