Matthew Sand, MD
Urology · Atlanta, GANPI 1679779664
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus America Inc. at 44.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $35,101 and has fallen 88.7% since, to $3,956 in 2025. Among urology 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 569 payments — averaging $134.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus America Inc.$34K
- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.$9K
- Ambu A/s$7K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Olympus Latin America, Inc.$2K
- plus $15K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,54039%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,97830%
- Travel & lodging$6,2758%
- Food & beverage$17,81323%
- Education$580%
- Entertainment$190%
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.
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.
- VISERA ELITE$12,746
- Olympus Cysto-Resection$12,739
- Olympus Resection Disposables$8,237
- Foot Switch for UES-40$2,220
- Olympus Camera Heads$1,850
- Olympus Cystoscopes$1,850
- UroLift$951
- URETERO-RENO VIDEOSCOPE$811
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$560
- LigaSure$546
- LithoVue$478
- AMS$409
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$405
- Bipolar Disposables$370
- Lithotripters & Accessories$323
- Porges Coloplast$298
- INTERSTIM$262
- UroLift System$243
- SpaceOAR System$172
- JELMYTO$170
How this compares
$76,682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 369 urology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 78 | $49,428 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 43 | $31,242 |
| Testosterone | 27 | $6,817 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 416 | $4,224 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 41 | $2,664 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 30 | $2,287 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 54 | $2,021 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 121 | $567 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 29 | $485 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 19 | $368 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 105 | $345 |
| Finasteride | 30 | $219 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 23 | $218 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $163 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 14 | $150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $634 | $49,42878 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $696 | $31,24243 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 369 urology providers in Georgia.
Other urology in Atlanta
- Tariq HakkyAtlanta$140K
- James BennettAtlanta$93K
- Anthony BarnesAtlanta$89K
- Brendan BrowneAtlanta$53K
- Rajesh LaunganiAtlanta$33K
- Vikram NarayanAtlanta$29K
- Gregory MitchellAtlanta$15K
- Charles LorentzAtlanta$14K
- Vahan KassabianRoswell$1.6M
- Lewis KritemanRoswell$864K
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.