Michael Silverman
General Practice · Seattle, WANPI 1851575054
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $156,206 of the $251,943 with a category attached, or 62.0%. Strategic Dentistry LLC accounts for 80.1% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $65,810 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $17,640 in 2024. Among general practice clinicians in WA 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 446 payments — averaging $564.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Strategic Dentistry LLC$202K
- B2d Marketing$50K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$35,58114%
- Speaking & faculty fees$156,20662%
- Travel & lodging$29,62312%
- Food & beverage$4,4052%
- Education$11,2934%
- Gifts$1,4511%
- Entertainment$13,3665%
- Other$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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Dentistry LLC | 443 | $201,735 |
| B2d Marketing | 3 | $50,208 |
How this compares
$251,943 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,229 general practice providers in Washington.
Other general practice in Seattle
- Perry Jones IiiSeattle$67K
- Evyenia KolliaSeattle$10K
- Dzon NguyenSeattle$7K
- Jill HansenSeattle$6K
- Mijin ChoiSeattle$5K
- Kevin PennSeattle$5K
- Bret JacobsonFederal Way$690K
- Bill WongBellevue$567K
- Michael KocejaVancouver$103K
- Owen JohnsonTacoma$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.