Simon Wright, MD
Otolaryngology · West Des Moines, IANPI 1710945506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 30.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,765 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $1,966 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IA 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 187 payments — averaging $109.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$6K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$1K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$636
- plus $3K from 26 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $4277.54 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.
- GSK$38K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$16K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1501%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,87048%
- Travel & lodging$5,30326%
- Food & beverage$5,20725%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 24 | $6,178 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $4,517 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $4,385 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,089 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 23 | $1,083 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 21 | $636 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 10 | $462 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 17 | $294 |
| Stryker | 6 | $226 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $196 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 5 | $190 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $172 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $166 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 4 | $161 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $109 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $62 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $47 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $15 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 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
$20,534 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 103 otolaryngology providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 148 | $1,878 |
| Famotidine | 89 | $1,009 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $312 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $178 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 23 | $165 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $132 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $111 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 44 | $99 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $82 |
| Azithromycin | 19 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in West Des Moines
- Douglas HoisingtonWest Des Moines$8K
- Timothy SimplotWest Des Moines$6K
- Arun GuptaWest Des Moines$3K
- Eytan YoungWest Des Moines$2K
- Stephen GriffithWest Des Moines$2K
- Joseph BertrocheWest Des Moines$2K
- Danielle LiudahlWest Des Moines$2K
- Richard RinehartWest Des Moines$954
- Maher YounesWest Des Moines$749
- Douglas SchulteWest Des Moines$587
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.