Jack Wazen, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Sarasota, FLNPI 1801806757
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cochlear Americas accounts for 61.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,687 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $164 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $230.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cochlear Americas$10K
- Oticon Medical, LLC$2K
- Med-el Corporation$1K
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$948
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$739
- Acclarent, Inc$564
- plus $454 from 6 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $468.87 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.
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,20044%
- Travel & lodging$4,47227%
- Food & beverage$4,66429%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cochlear Americas | 26 | $9,988 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 3 | $2,290 |
| Med-el Corporation | 5 | $1,353 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 12 | $948 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $739 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 15 | $564 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $161 |
| GSK | 1 | $123 |
| Stryker | 4 | $104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Otonomy, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Optinose US, 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.
- Baha$9,620
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$6,537
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$6,410
- Cochlear$4,694
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$2,214
- VIBRANT Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant and BONEBRIDGE System$1,023
- TruDi Nav Cable$954
- Nucleus$863
- TruDi Navigation System$739
- TruDi Nav Suction$739
- ACCLARENT NAVWIRE Sinus Navigation Guidewire$739
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$321
- EndoMAXX Stent and Delivery System$161
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$138
- BCI 602 Kit$138
- Baha BI300 implant 4 mm$127
- Cochlear Osia OSI200 Implant$127
- NUCALA$123
- Osia$103
- ACCLARENT AERA EUSTACHIAN TUBE BALLOON DILATION SYSTEM$102
How this compares
$16,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 25 otology & neurotology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acetazolamide | 101 | $4,286 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 29 | $870 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 18 | $291 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 41 | $287 |
| Topiramate | 17 | $168 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Sarasota
- Herbert SilversteinSarasota$18K
- Andrew MarloweSarasota$12K
- Seth RosenbergSarasota$3K
- Thomas BalkanyMiami$534K
- Simon AngeliMiami$32K
- Fred TelischiMiami$29K
- Loren BartelsTampa$16K
- Kyle AllenTampa$14K
- Joshua LightBoynton Beach$12K
- James GreenJacksonville$10K
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.