Sherman Stevenson, MD
Otolaryngology · Brunswick, GANPI 1316935000
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,043 of the $3,619 with a category attached, or 84.1%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 50.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $925, more than ten times the $88 reported in 2019.
Across 68 payments — averaging $53.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$336
- Amgen$250
- Aerin Medical Inc.$246
- Optinose US, Inc.$230
- Sanofi$201
- plus $534 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$51914%
- Food & beverage$3,04384%
- Education$562%
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. | 13 | $1,821 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $336 |
| Amgen | 2 | $250 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $246 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 12 | $230 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $201 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| GSK | 4 | $117 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,619 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 308 otolaryngology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine-FluticasoneAzelastine/Fluticasone | 76 | $10,217 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 218 | $5,199 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 67 | $2,430 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 186 | $1,978 |
| Ofloxacin | 48 | $1,349 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 21 | $1,192 |
| Cefdinir | 50 | $1,094 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 20 | $815 |
| Famotidine | 85 | $404 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 24 | $213 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 22 | $192 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $141 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Brunswick
- Dozier HoodFayetteville$347K
- Christopher MelroySavannah$298K
- Karen HoffmannAtlanta$223K
- Jose StolovitzkyAtlanta$81K
- Jonathan LindmanEvans$55K
- Gregory PostmaAugusta$37K
- Oswaldo HenriquezSmyrna$15K
- Donald BrowningLawrenceville$14K
- Robert GadlageDuluth$14K
- Lawrence WeissMarietta$9K
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.