Meha Fox, MD
Otolaryngology · Kansas City, KSNPI 1982099644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Aerin Medical Inc. accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,062 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $362 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 69 payments — averaging $177.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$8K
- Sanofi$2K
- Acclarent, Inc$631
- Medtronic$505
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$346
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$309
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,91556%
- Travel & lodging$8357%
- Food & beverage$4,48937%
- Education$200%
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. | 26 | $7,899 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $1,544 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 6 | $631 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $505 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $346 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $309 |
| Stryker | 3 | $302 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $249 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $110 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $74 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $56 |
| GSK | 1 | $52 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$6,622
- RHINAER STYLUS$884
- Acclarent Navwire$382
- TruDi Nav Cable$359
- Acclarent Aera$348
- Inspira Air$233
- TruDi Probe$233
- Inspire$175
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$165
- DUPIXENT$150
- PROPEL$149
- ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY KIT$148
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$140
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$137
- Relieva Spinplus$129
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$127
- DIEGO POWERED DISSECTOR BLADE IRRIGATING, SERRATED 4MM DIAMETER STR$126
- TruDi Nav Suction$115
How this compares
$12,259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 87 otolaryngology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 85 | $2,369 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 49 | $1,276 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 68 | $893 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $164 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Kansas City
- Hinrich StaeckerKansas City$499K
- Jennifer VillwockKansas City$26K
- Kiran KakaralaKansas City$10K
- Andres BurKansas City$10K
- Christopher LarsenKansas City$8K
- John KrietKansas City$6K
- Justin BondKansas City$4K
- Mohammad Ameen AmanianKansas City$3K
- Frantzlee LacreteKansas City$3K
- Jennifer DieboltKansas City$3K
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.