Jerry Lin, MD
Otolaryngology · Louisville, KYNPI 1356464689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,282 of the $4,053 with a category attached, or 81.0%. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,400, 4.8 times the $289 reported in 2019.
Across 46 payments — averaging $88.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$826
- Med-el Corporation$825
- Stryker$787
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$319
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$163
- Kls-martin L.p.$157
- plus $975 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77119%
- Food & beverage$3,28281%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 5 | $826 |
| Med-el Corporation | 10 | $825 |
| Stryker | 8 | $787 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 4 | $319 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $157 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $107 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $85 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $57 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$762
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$344
- BCI 602 Kit$344
- SCOPIS ENT$262
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$168
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$148
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$147
- CellerateRx$146
- DUPIXENT$128
- NA$128
- TRUMATCH$125
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$125
- Stravix$123
- Grafix$123
- GrafixPL$123
- Inspire$121
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$115
- Restrata Wound Matrix$113
How this compares
$4,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 137 otolaryngology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 25 | $2,362 |
| Ofloxacin | 35 | $1,523 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 19 | $380 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 31 | $367 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.