Kathy Yu, MD
Otolaryngology · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1568414217
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $410 of the $462 with a category attached, or 88.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intersect ENT, Inc. at 30.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $198, 3.7 times the $53 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $856.
Across 13 payments — averaging $35.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$143
- GSK$122
- Smith+Nephew$69
- Optinose US, Inc.$36
- Amgen$34
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$24
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$41089%
- Education$5211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| GSK | 1 | $122 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $69 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Amgen | 1 | $34 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $16 |
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
$462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 146 | $3,808 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,489 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 25 | $1,229 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 36 | $661 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 18 | $557 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $409 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 41 | $323 |
| Prednisone | 87 | $255 |
| Ofloxacin | 14 | $249 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 21 | $153 |
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $64 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 13 | $61 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Chapel Hill
- Brent SeniorChapel Hill$91K
- Charles EbertChapel Hill$57K
- Harold PillsburyChapel Hill$42K
- Nicholas ThompsonChapel Hill$24K
- Anne SelleckChapel Hill$7K
- Daniel AliceaChapel Hill$5K
- Matthew MillerChapel Hill$5K
- Trevor HackmanChapel Hill$4K
- Justin MillerChapel Hill$4K
- Carlton ZdanskiChapel Hill$4K
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.