Rahul Varman, MD
Otolaryngology · Omaha, NENPI 1023539426
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,270 of the $12,854 with a category attached, or 72.1%. Stryker accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,655 and has fallen 68.2% since, to $1,799 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NE 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 101 payments — averaging $127.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$8K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Axogen$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$368
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$123
- plus $587 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,27072%
- Food & beverage$3,43827%
- Other$1471%
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 | 41 | $7,808 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 13 | $1,526 |
| Medtronic | 15 | $1,225 |
| Axogen | 5 | $1,217 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $368 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $36 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $11 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- NA$9,542
- SMARTLOCK$1,560
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,134
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,134
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,134
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$1,134
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$1,134
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,101
- UNIVERSAL MID-FACE$1,001
- MIDAS REX$892
- COLORADO$884
- INTEGRA$304
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$162
- MICROMATRIX$147
- PROPEL$123
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$101
- PRIMATRIX$101
How this compares
$12,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 86 otolaryngology providers in Nebraska.
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.
Other otolaryngology in Omaha
- Daniel O'BrienOmaha$10K
- Wallace DuffOmaha$8K
- Tyler BlissOmaha$4K
- Adam PleasOmaha$4K
- Kyle StansiferOmaha$3K
- Jessica Moran-HansenOmaha$3K
- Jason TalmadgeOmaha$3K
- Thomas DoblemanOmaha$3K
- Stanley SchackOmaha$3K
- Paul SherrerdOmaha$3K
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.