John Currens, MD
Otolaryngology · Asheville, NCNPI 1891897021
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 47 payments — averaging $20.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$268
- Optinose US, Inc.$124
- Organogenesis Inc.$107
- Smith+Nephew$100
- Medtronic$50
- Johnson & Johnson$33
- plus $265 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$946100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 13 | $268 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $107 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $100 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$946 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 362 otolaryngology providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 215 | $4,862 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 49 | $1,707 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 19 | $1,177 |
| Famotidine | 63 | $969 |
| Omeprazole | 86 | $788 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 36 | $428 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $259 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 39 | $190 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 21 | $170 |
| Prednisone | 43 | $153 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $110 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $76 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 14 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Asheville
- Julia FurdynaAsheville$7K
- Camille SluderAsheville$5K
- Jason RobertsAsheville$5K
- Robert FerrisRaleigh$2.5M
- David JangDurham$1M
- Mark WeigelHuntersville$275K
- Stephen PottsWinston Salem$242K
- Adam ZanationHickory$227K
- Anne SelleckChapel Hill$165K
- Jonathan MossMatthews$164K
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.