Ronald Morton, MD
Otolaryngology · Longview, TXNPI 1346308368
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $44,063 of the $49,950 with a category attached, or 88.2%. Stryker accounts for 98.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,208 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $401 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in TX 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 91 payments — averaging $548.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$49K
- GSK$361
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$159
- Optinose US, Inc.$102
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$76
- Neurent Medical Limited$70
- plus $150 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,06388%
- Travel & lodging$4,0668%
- Food & beverage$1,8224%
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 | 60 | $49,032 |
| GSK | 12 | $361 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $159 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $70 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $29 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$29,498
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$9,563
- LATERA$8,813
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$8,306
- SHAVER SYSTEM$6,130
- ORTHOMAP$1,313
- NSE - ACCESSORIES$152
- NUCALA$119
- Xhance$102
How this compares
$49,950 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 105 | $4,325 |
| Cefdinir | 43 | $728 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 20 | $621 |
| Ofloxacin | 42 | $595 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 45 | $554 |
| Prednisone | 77 | $174 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $139 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $100 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 14 | $64 |
| Diazepam | 17 | $52 |
| Lorazepam | 17 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Longview
- 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
- Martin CitardiHouston$245K
- James AtkinsSan Antonio$205K
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.