Ryan Gerritsen, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Akron, OHNPI 1548689730
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,316 of the $4,522 with a category attached, or 73.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 53.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,130 and has fallen 52.3% since, to $1,016 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $51.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Sanofi$487
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$339
- Optinose US, Inc.$297
- Stryker$228
- GSK$192
- plus $567 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$91620%
- Food & beverage$3,31673%
- Education$2916%
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. | 21 | $2,412 |
| Sanofi | 14 | $487 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $339 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 16 | $297 |
| Stryker | 5 | $228 |
| GSK | 5 | $192 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $189 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $102 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $80 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $49 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Ambu 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$1,764
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$312
- Coblation Wands$180
- SCOPIS ENT$146
- DUPIXENT$127
- NUCALA$123
How this compares
$4,522 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 29 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 31 | $4,093 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 75 | $4,057 |
| Cevimeline Hcl | 13 | $4,023 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 34 | $1,660 |
| Omeprazole | 159 | $1,610 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 66 | $1,594 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 15 | $1,287 |
| Cefdinir | 61 | $940 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 43 | $632 |
| Mupirocin | 71 | $538 |
| Ofloxacin | 20 | $527 |
| Famotidine | 41 | $332 |
| Methylprednisolone | 52 | $315 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 32 | $247 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $207 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Akron
- Thomas BruderlyAkron$235
- Howard LevineCleveland$65K
- Joseph ScharpfCleveland$12K
- Tsung-Yen HsiehCincinnati$9K
- Kevin ShumrickCincinnati$6K
- Matthew LutzStow$6K
- Avi ShawBoardman$6K
- Eric LamarreCleveland$4K
- Phillip KhalilStow$3K
- Diana PonskyCleveland$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.