Jeffrey Brink, MD
Otolaryngology · Fort Mill, SCNPI 1942206206
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Optinose US, Inc. accounts for 64.6% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,161 and has fallen 86.7% since, to $819 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in SC 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 142 payments — averaging $60.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Optinose US, Inc.$6K
- Stryker$618
- Acclarent, Inc$568
- Neurent Medical Limited$368
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$305
- Johnson & Johnson$232
- plus $976 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,72543%
- Travel & lodging$1,36716%
- Food & beverage$3,47540%
- Gifts$901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc. | 34 | $5,590 |
| Stryker | 15 | $618 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 14 | $568 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 5 | $368 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $305 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $232 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 25 | $168 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $156 |
| GSK | 8 | $126 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $90 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $52 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $50 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Rayner Intraocular Lenses Limited | 1 | $35 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $29 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $21 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $18 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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
$8,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 180 otolaryngology providers in South Carolina.
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 | 202 | $5,324 |
| Famotidine | 194 | $3,012 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 38 | $1,688 |
| Omeprazole | 113 | $1,400 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 87 | $709 |
| Fluocinonide | 17 | $586 |
| Ofloxacin | 23 | $471 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 33 | $410 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 22 | $363 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $363 |
| Prednisone | 65 | $361 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $343 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 36 | $286 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $154 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Fort Mill
- Richard GillespieFort Mill$6K
- Christopher JonesFort Mill$4K
- Shaun NguyenCharleston$973K
- Rodney SchlosserCharleston$382K
- Zachary SolerCharleston$67K
- Peter HorwichNorth Charleston$33K
- Eugene BrownCharleston$28K
- Jason NewmanCharleston$26K
- Joshua HornigCharleston$25K
- Ashli OrourkeCharleston$21K
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.