Michael Platt, MD
Otolaryngology · Boston, MANPI 1750572137
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $18,108 of the $20,668 with a category attached, or 87.6%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 58.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $16,843 and has fallen 91.8% since, to $1,386 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MA 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 15 payments — averaging $1377.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$12K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$3K
- Sanofi$3K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$2K
- Medtronic$75
- AstraZeneca$42
Across 158 payments — averaging $4633.82 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GSK$561K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$171K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,10888%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,25011%
- Travel & lodging$700%
- Food & beverage$2401%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 4 | $12,137 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $3,460 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $2,648 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $2,305 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $75 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $42 |
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.
How this compares
$20,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 298 otolaryngology providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 84 | $1,602 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 24 | $598 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 29 | $397 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Boston
- Dennis PoeBoston$264K
- Peter WeberBoston$157K
- Kevin EmerickBoston$89K
- Benjamin BleierBoston$77K
- Gregory RandolphBoston$56K
- Daniel LeeBoston$52K
- Marika RussellBoston$50K
- Isaac WassermanBoston$50K
- Phillip HuyettBoston$48K
- Thomas CarrollBoston$41K
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.