Michael Oleary, MD
Otology & Neurotology · San Diego, CANPI 1417986613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,567 of the $2,161 with a category attached, or 72.5%. Stryker accounts for 64.3% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,311 and has fallen 87.1% since, to $170 in 2024.
Across 17 payments — averaging $127.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$437
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$221
- Kerecis Limited$115
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,56773%
- Food & beverage$59427%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 7 | $1,388 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $437 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $221 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $115 |
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.
- 1688$1,130
- Signia$398
- Restrata Wound Matrix$154
- 1588$122
How this compares
$2,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 43 otology & neurotology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 36 | $407 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 14 | $118 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $102 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $65 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in San Diego
- Ben BaloughSan Diego$3K
- Yu Tung WongSan Diego$676
- Philip LittlefieldSan Diego$569
- Joe SalibaSan Diego$372
- John Vaughanla Jolla$237K
- Rodney PerkinsWoodside$125K
- Courtney VoelkerLos Angeles$66K
- Lloyd MinorStanford$52K
- Rick Friedmanla Jolla$34K
- Varun VaradarajanSacramento$27K
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.