Richard Tilton, MD
Otolaryngology · Stamford, CTNPI 1326426263
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,932 of the $2,711 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,102 and has fallen 55.6% since, to $490 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $35.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$806
- Sanofi$181
- GSK$84
- AstraZeneca$84
- Smith+Nephew$66
- plus $162 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77929%
- Food & beverage$1,93271%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $1,328 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 38 | $806 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $181 |
| GSK | 4 | $84 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $84 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $66 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Legend$854
How this compares
$2,711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 119 otolaryngology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 50 | $2,793 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 163 | $2,236 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 78 | $2,172 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 45 | $973 |
| Ofloxacin | 41 | $645 |
| Famotidine | 61 | $480 |
| Cefdinir | 22 | $476 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 47 | $394 |
| Omeprazole | 35 | $216 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $116 |
| Prednisone | 35 | $82 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Stamford
- Samuel BoscoStamford$5K
- Jacquelyn BrewerStamford$3K
- Paul NeubauerStamford$3K
- Sara PaiNew Haven$160K
- Richard ManesNew Haven$67K
- Howard StupakWestport$48K
- Belachew TessemaFarmington$45K
- Seth BrownFarmington$39K
- Howard BoeyNew Haven$19K
- Mahesh BhayaWaterbury$11K
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.