John Simpson
Otolaryngology · Athens, GANPI 1427050467
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 18 payments — averaging $54.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$600
- Aerin Medical Inc.$108
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$89
- Optinose US, Inc.$71
- GSK$62
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$16
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$60061%
- Food & beverage$37639%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $108 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| GSK | 1 | $62 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- CEREC CAD/CAM$600
How this compares
$976 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 308 otolaryngology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XhanceFluticasone Propionate | 16 | $9,864 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 332 | $3,997 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 127 | $2,784 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 14 | $1,850 |
| Cefdinir | 47 | $848 |
| Fluconazole | 19 | $722 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 16 | $716 |
| Methylprednisolone | 129 | $651 |
| Omeprazole | 94 | $567 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 12 | $482 |
| Prednisone | 23 | $384 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 19 | $236 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 23 | $188 |
| Azithromycin | 21 | $93 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Optinose US, Inc.Xhance | $71 | $9,86416 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 40th percentile of 308 otolaryngology providers in Georgia.
Other otolaryngology in Athens
- John TrimbleAcworth$1.1M
- Dozier HoodFayetteville$715K
- Ramie TrittAtlanta$640K
- Howard HermanStockbridge$325K
- Christopher MelroySavannah$298K
- Karen HoffmannAtlanta$267K
- Jose StolovitzkyAtlanta$106K
- Jonathan LindmanEvans$55K
- Camilo Reyes-GelvesAugusta$41K
- Gregory PostmaAugusta$37K
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.