Maher Younes, MD
Otolaryngology · West Des Moines, IANPI 1326249715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $584 of the $749 with a category attached, or 77.9%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 35.0% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $776.
Across 21 payments — averaging $35.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$262
- AstraZeneca$167
- Sanofi$161
- Medtronic$59
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$55
- Stryker$16
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$16222%
- Food & beverage$58478%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $262 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $167 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $161 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $59 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ofloxacin | 39 | $888 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 12 | $575 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 18 | $496 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 22 | $335 |
| Omeprazole | 22 | $264 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $223 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in West Des Moines
- Simon WrightWest Des Moines$21K
- Douglas HoisingtonWest Des Moines$8K
- Timothy SimplotWest Des Moines$6K
- Arun GuptaWest Des Moines$3K
- Eytan YoungWest Des Moines$2K
- Stephen GriffithWest Des Moines$2K
- Joseph BertrocheWest Des Moines$2K
- Danielle LiudahlWest Des Moines$2K
- Richard RinehartWest Des Moines$954
- Douglas SchulteWest Des Moines$587
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.