Jeffrey Bumpous
Otolaryngology · Louisville, KYNPI 1508846528
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $694 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $162 in 2024.
Across 88 payments — averaging $27.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$524
- Stryker$316
- Intuitive Surgical$231
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$170
- Johnson & Johnson$163
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$145
- plus $912 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,461100%
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 | 51 | $524 |
| Stryker | 3 | $316 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $231 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 6 | $170 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $163 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $145 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Merck | 7 | $115 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $115 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $52 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $39 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $17 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$159
- Checkpoint Stimulators$129
- PROPEL$125
- Inspire$121
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$121
- ViviGen$120
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$116
- Grafix$102
- GRAFIX PL$102
- Stravix$102
- INSTRUMENTS-ENT$101
- INSTRUMENTS-GENERAL SURGERY$101
- INSTRUMENTS-SURGICAL HEADLIGHTS$101
- INSTRUMENTS-ORTHOPEDIC$101
- INSTRUMENTS-NEUROSURGERY$101
How this compares
$2,461 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 137 otolaryngology providers in Kentucky.
Other otolaryngology in Louisville
- Thomas HigginsLouisville$357K
- Andrew GouldLouisville$13K
- Steven ShottsLouisville$12K
- Keith ForwithLouisville$11K
- Skylar TrottLouisville$11K
- Ziad KatribLouisville$7K
- Amy IngramLouisville$7K
- Kevin PottsLouisville$7K
- Gregory AbbasLouisville$6K
- Travis ShuttLouisville$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.