Scott Smith, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Gahanna, OHNPI 1588005763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $931 of the $1,162 with a category attached, or 80.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 58.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $356 and has fallen 52.1% since, to $170 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $1,402.
Across 34 payments — averaging $34.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$678
- DJO, LLC$134
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$111
- Zimmer Biomet$96
- Linvatec Corporation$89
- Bsn Medical Inc$37
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$23120%
- Food & beverage$93180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $678 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $134 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $96 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $89 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
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.
- DAXXIFY$111
How this compares
$1,162 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 19 | $119 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 17 | $80 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 16 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Gahanna
- Howard LevineCleveland$65K
- Joseph ScharpfCleveland$12K
- Tsung-Yen HsiehCincinnati$9K
- Kevin ShumrickCincinnati$6K
- Matthew LutzStow$6K
- Avi ShawBoardman$6K
- Ryan GerritsenAkron$5K
- 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.