Sarah Vakkalanka, MD
Otolaryngology · Huntington Beach, CANPI 1427029883
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,963 of the $7,756 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,690 and has fallen 71.5% since, to $766 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 190 payments — averaging $40.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Optinose US, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$468
- Merz North America, Inc.$443
- Sanofi$443
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1502%
- Travel & lodging$2,64334%
- Food & beverage$4,96364%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 22 | $1,880 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,492 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 63 | $1,065 |
| Stryker | 15 | $468 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $443 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $443 |
| GSK | 16 | $412 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $367 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 7 | $187 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $178 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $102 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $79 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $53 |
| Merck | 3 | $50 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $45 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$7,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 12 | $46,575 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 65 | $1,209 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 12 | $555 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 19 | $365 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $331 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 35 | $324 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $130 |
| Cephalexin | 16 | $76 |
| Azithromycin | 17 | $43 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Huntington Beach
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$924K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
- Todd MillerNewport Beach$259K
- Jeffrey SuhLos Angeles$223K
- Dennis TangLos Angeles$209K
- Jeffrey FeinfieldThousand Oaks$160K
- Jonathan SykesGranite Bay$148K
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.