Lawrence Weiss, MD
Otolaryngology · Marietta, GANPI 1912996422
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,739 of the $9,031 with a category attached, or 85.7%. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among otolaryngology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 382 payments — averaging $23.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$2K
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Pfizer$785
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$602
- Optinose US, Inc.$487
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20013%
- Food & beverage$7,73986%
- Education$921%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 62 | $1,765 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $1,528 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 99 | $1,511 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $785 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 28 | $602 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 33 | $487 |
| GSK | 15 | $295 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $286 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $283 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 22 | $273 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Amgen | 9 | $203 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $135 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $93 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $58 |
| Merck | 3 | $52 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Stryker | 1 | $33 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences 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.
- NURTEC ODT$1,200
- NUVENT$168
- VIVAER STYLUS$146
- RHINAER STYLUS$146
- DUPIXENT$125
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$105
How this compares
$9,031 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| QuliptaAtogepant | 12 | $12,549 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 33 | $1,540 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 37 | $388 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 24 | $375 |
| Prednisone | 85 | $310 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $306 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 40 | $290 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 19 | $289 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $280 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $191 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $188 |
| Temazepam | 40 | $178 |
| Azithromycin | 15 | $71 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieQulipta | $1,511 | $12,54912 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 95th percentile of 308 otolaryngology providers in Georgia.
Other otolaryngology in Marietta
- Drew LocandroMarietta$6K
- Ryan KauffmanMarietta$5K
- Khaled KashlanMarietta$4K
- Hannan QureshiMarietta$4K
- Dozier HoodFayetteville$347K
- Christopher MelroySavannah$298K
- Karen HoffmannAtlanta$223K
- Jose StolovitzkyAtlanta$81K
- Jonathan LindmanEvans$55K
- 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.