Michael Yium, MD
Otolaryngology · Austin, TXNPI 1508952052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 157 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 157 payments — averaging $40.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$759
- Stryker$735
- Optinose US, Inc.$552
- Aerin Medical Inc.$434
- Medtronic$428
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,24699%
- Education$571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 32 | $1,034 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 24 | $759 |
| Stryker | 11 | $735 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 24 | $552 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 10 | $434 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $428 |
| GSK | 12 | $414 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $348 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $231 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $193 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $183 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $117 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Axogen | 3 | $96 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $92 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 2 | $61 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $57 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $38 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- DUPIXENT$341
- Restrata Wound Matrix$327
- NUCALA$237
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$168
- Acclarent Aera$164
- Inspira Air$164
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$164
- TruDi Probe$164
- CODE-STAT$163
- NIM Vital$159
- VIVAER STYLUS$156
- RHINAER STYLUS$156
- Inspire$147
- RHINO-LARYNGO VIDEOSCOPE$141
- PROPEL$140
- ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM$139
- Xhance$116
- NUVENT$111
How this compares
$6,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 729 otolaryngology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 12 | $49,586 |
| Epinephrine | 24 | $4,212 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 91 | $3,467 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 61 | $1,132 |
| Mupirocin | 76 | $550 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 11 | $526 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 31 | $515 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 75 | $507 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $336 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 15 | $274 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 25 | $261 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 20 | $247 |
| Ofloxacin | 12 | $231 |
| Omeprazole | 23 | $231 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $195 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Austin
- Daniel SlaughterAustin$18K
- Karen StiermanAustin$17K
- Marc DeanFort Worth$486K
- Amber LuongHouston$426K
- Arjuna KuperanHouston$348K
- Ronald KuppersmithCollege Station$325K
- Ron KarniHouston$317K
- Philip ChenSan Antonio$305K
- Jordan RihaniSouthlake$280K
- Keith MathenyFrisco$269K
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.