Michael Freedman, DO
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Cuyahoga Falls, OHNPI 1851390066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,320 of the $1,820 with a category attached, or 72.5%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 58.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $625 and has fallen 66.0% since, to $212 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $32.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$111
- Optinose US, Inc.$109
- Acclarent, Inc$80
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$77
- Neurent Medical Limited$52
- plus $323 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50027%
- Food & beverage$1,32073%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 21 | $1,066 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $111 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 4 | $80 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $52 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $45 |
| Stryker | 2 | $43 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $32 |
| GSK | 2 | $30 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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$698
- RHINAER STYLUS$698
- Vivaer RF Stylus$116
How this compares
$1,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 29 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 169 | $5,114 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 141 | $5,027 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 232 | $3,738 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 43 | $2,290 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 59 | $2,116 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 49 | $792 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 29 | $523 |
| Methylprednisolone | 63 | $316 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 29 | $209 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 12 | $179 |
| Cephalexin | 24 | $113 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $71 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Cuyahoga Falls
- Howard LevineCleveland$65K
- Joseph ScharpfCleveland$12K
- Tsung-Yen HsiehCincinnati$9K
- Kevin ShumrickCincinnati$6K
- Matthew LutzStow$6K
- Avi ShawBoardman$6K
- Ryan GerritsenAkron$5K
- Eric LamarreCleveland$4K
- Phillip KhalilStow$3K
- Diana PonskyCleveland$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.