Reason Ford, MD
Otolaryngology · Dakota Dunes, SDNPI 1619179538
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,564 of the $3,823 with a category attached, or 67.1%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,730 and has fallen 72.4% since, to $478 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $47.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$444
- Sanofi$310
- Stryker$289
- Cochlear Americas$159
- Acclarent, Inc$94
- plus $457 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,26033%
- Food & beverage$2,56467%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $2,070 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 17 | $444 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $310 |
| Stryker | 5 | $289 |
| Cochlear Americas | 3 | $159 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $94 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| GSK | 5 | $82 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $71 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 39 otolaryngology providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 195 | $1,367 |
| Omeprazole | 165 | $904 |
| Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate | 11 | $550 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 14 | $442 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 24 | $209 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $93 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Dakota Dunes
- Sarah PowellDakota Dunes$31K
- Thomas KennyDakota Dunes$3K
- Catherine MernaDakota Dunes$473
- Huan ZhangSioux Falls$28K
- William SpanosSioux Falls$21K
- Jack SchleiffarthRapid City$13K
- Mark JamesonSioux Falls$10K
- Jaishree LerewSioux Falls$7K
- Chengetai MahomvaSioux Falls$3K
- Gregory DanielsonSioux Falls$2K
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.