Seilesh Babu, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Farmington Hills, MINPI 1528059797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8%. Among otology & neurotology clinicians in MI 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 328 payments — averaging $509.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$28K
- Cochlear Americas$24K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$22K
- Medtronic$21K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$14K
- plus $43K from 20 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $28,477 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cochlear Americas$159K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$40K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$92,91256%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,5057%
- Grants$10,0006%
- Travel & lodging$34,64921%
- Food & beverage$17,07910%
- Education$100%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 58 | $28,003 |
| Cochlear Americas | 60 | $23,517 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 26 | $22,292 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $20,888 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 40 | $15,761 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $13,655 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 26 | $13,137 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 35 | $12,448 |
| Stryker | 14 | $7,254 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 5 | $6,686 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 10 | $744 |
| GSK | 4 | $466 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 3 | $466 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $392 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 2 | $327 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $286 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $171 |
| NSK America Corporation | 1 | $158 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $38 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 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.
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$26,494
- BCI 602 Kit$21,000
- Baha$20,367
- Acclarent Aera$15,808
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$15,176
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$13,776
- TruDi Nav Cable$13,725
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$12,542
- NIM Vital$9,086
- Cochlear$8,024
- Inspira Air$7,761
- NIM-RESPONSE$6,863
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$6,686
- ORBEYE SURGICAL MICROSCOPE$4,560
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$4,270
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$3,834
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$3,500
- TruDi Nav Suction$3,500
- INTEGRA$2,784
- Nucleus$2,579
How this compares
$167,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 23 otology & neurotology providers in Michigan.
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 | 120 | $14,401 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 32 | $1,456 |
| Ofloxacin | 44 | $1,194 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 101 | $1,070 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $354 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 24 | $215 |
| Meclizine Hcl | 39 | $200 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $177 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $174 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $146 |
| Indapamide | 21 | $132 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $124 |
| Diazepam | 27 | $53 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Farmington Hills
- Dennis BojrabFarmington Hills$30K
- Robert HongFarmington Hills$25K
- Dennis BojrabFarmington Hills$15K
- Christopher SchuttFarmington Hills$8K
- Robert ConwayFarmington Hills$6K
- Jacob LucasFarmington Hills$5K
- Eric SargentFarmington Hills$3K
- Eleanor ChanFarmington Hills$3K
- Ilka NaumannFarmington Hills$1K
- Natalie SchauweckerFarmington Hills$808
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.