Matthew Fort
Otolaryngology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1760801039
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,858 of the $6,301 with a category attached, or 61.2%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 46.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,193 and has fallen 68.1% since, to $1,017 in 2025.
Across 133 payments — averaging $47.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- GSK$517
- Sanofi$515
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$511
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$402
- Cochlear Americas$338
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,13334%
- Food & beverage$3,85861%
- Education$3105%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $2,907 |
| GSK | 27 | $517 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $515 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $511 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $402 |
| Cochlear Americas | 12 | $338 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 23 | $281 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $211 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 9 | $160 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $70 |
| Med-el Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Coblation$1,947
- TULA$1,947
- TRIGEN$628
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$241
- Coblation Wands$211
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$148
- Baha$148
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$148
- VIVAER STYLUS$136
- RHINAER STYLUS$136
- Stravix$125
- Grafix$125
- GrafixPL$125
- Inspire$119
How this compares
$6,301 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 155 otolaryngology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 21 | $1,615 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 50 | $1,515 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 23 | $1,018 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $851 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 55 | $768 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 37 | $758 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 38 | $647 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 18 | $645 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $268 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $176 |
| Mupirocin | 24 | $175 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 14 | $151 |
| Prednisone | 44 | $150 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $124 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 24 | $117 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Birmingham
- Michael SillersBirmingham$53K
- Justin TurnerBirmingham$34K
- Bradford WoodworthBirmingham$27K
- Patrick OwensBirmingham$26K
- Kirk WithrowBirmingham$22K
- Do-Yeon ChoBirmingham$19K
- Andrew FusonBirmingham$18K
- Benjamin GreeneBirmingham$15K
- William BarberBirmingham$13K
- Dennis PappasBirmingham$13K
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.