Robert Yarber
Otolaryngology · Tupelo, MSNPI 1447261268
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 182 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among otolaryngology clinicians in MS 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 182 payments — averaging $37.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$5K
- Sanofi$447
- Aerin Medical Inc.$361
- Acclarent, Inc$329
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$261
- Stryker$179
- plus $566 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,75399%
- Education$531%
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. | 105 | $4,663 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $447 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 16 | $361 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 9 | $329 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 6 | $261 |
| Stryker | 7 | $179 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $149 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $53 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 4 | $47 |
| GSK | 2 | $33 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- Inspire$1,192
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$138
- Carto 3 System$117
- SINUVA$104
How this compares
$6,806 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 97 otolaryngology providers in Mississippi.
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 | 68 | $1,644 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 154 | $1,477 |
| Cephalexin | 169 | $1,191 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 76 | $906 |
| Cefdinir | 42 | $553 |
| Clarithromycin | 25 | $451 |
| Lansoprazole | 32 | $321 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 16 | $291 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 26 | $265 |
| Methylprednisolone | 46 | $232 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 26 | $158 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $116 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 16 | $93 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 12 | $92 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Tupelo
- Trace PalmerTupelo$4K
- Matthew StevensTupelo$2K
- James BerryTupelo$2K
- Ryan SimmonsTupelo$2K
- Kurt NelsonTupelo$2K
- Raymond WeissOcean Springs$258K
- Charles WilsonOcean Springs$7K
- Gregory PippinMcComb$6K
- Savannah StocktonBrookhaven$6K
- John SchweinfurthJackson$6K
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.