Kenneth Scott, MD
Otolaryngology · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1437187630
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $398, 3.6 times the $111 reported in 2019.
Across 36 payments — averaging $39.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$327
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$249
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$233
- Cochlear Americas$154
- Sanofi$144
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$54
- plus $261 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,421100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 6 | $327 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 4 | $249 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $233 |
| Cochlear Americas | 4 | $154 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $144 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $54 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $15 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$131
- RHINAER STYLUS$131
- Inspire$130
How this compares
$1,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 39 otolaryngology providers in South Dakota.
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 | $3,006 |
| Ofloxacin | 66 | $1,993 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 15 | $813 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 42 | $442 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 14 | $123 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 26 | $112 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $87 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Sioux Falls
- Huan ZhangSioux Falls$28K
- William SpanosSioux Falls$21K
- Mark JamesonSioux Falls$10K
- Jaishree LerewSioux Falls$7K
- Chengetai MahomvaSioux Falls$3K
- Gregory DanielsonSioux Falls$2K
- Paul CinkSioux Falls$2K
- Thomas TamuraSioux Falls$2K
- Daniel ToddSioux Falls$1K
- Peter KasznicaSioux Falls$1K
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.