Michael Yim, MD
Otolaryngology · Shreveport, LANPI 1073959508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $62,613 of the $76,602 with a category attached, or 81.7%. Aerin Medical Inc. accounts for 62.4% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,993, more than ten times the $351 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in LA 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 222 payments — averaging $345.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$48K
- Acclarent, Inc$11K
- Chitogel Limited$6K
- Spirair, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Sanofi$1K
- plus $4K from 26 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $12,215 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.
- Spirair, Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$62,61382%
- Travel & lodging$5,8488%
- Food & beverage$7,93610%
- Education$2060%
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. | 56 | $47,776 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 14 | $10,586 |
| Chitogel Limited | 4 | $6,000 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 4 | $4,624 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $2,490 |
| Sanofi | 25 | $1,498 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $922 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $375 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $350 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $334 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 8 | $303 |
| GSK | 12 | $253 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $119 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Stryker | 3 | $104 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $97 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Novartis | 4 | $66 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Axogen | 1 | $22 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Metrex Research, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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$47,361
- SeptAlign$9,096
- TURBALIGN$8,612
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$8,399
- TruDi Nav Suction$8,399
- Chitogel Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Kit$6,000
- RHINAER STYLUS$2,082
- StealthStation$969
- TRUMATCH$668
- NIM Vital$320
- SINUVA$279
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$278
- PROPEL$274
- Acclarent Navwire$267
- MATRIXMIDFACE$228
- Acclarent Aera$215
- Inspira Air$215
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$215
- TruDi Probe$215
- PTEYE PARATHYROID DETECTION SYSTEM$134
How this compares
$76,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.
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 | 19 | $397 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $206 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Shreveport
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
- Cherie-Ann NathanShreveport$32K
- Ameya AsarkarShreveport$8K
- Vikas MehtaShreveport$8K
- Roger BuiShreveport$5K
- Jason CalligasShreveport$5K
- Adam BlancherShreveport$4K
- Rodrigo Martinez MonederoShreveport$3K
- Karuna DewanShreveport$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
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.