Stephen Tai, MD
Otolaryngology · Marlton, NJNPI 1689870073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,755 of the $5,755 with a category attached, or 82.6%. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,978, 3.0 times the $658 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NJ 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 233 payments — averaging $24.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$1K
- Stryker$906
- GSK$774
- Optinose US, Inc.$374
- Alk-abello, Inc$279
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$238
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1503%
- Travel & lodging$68112%
- Food & beverage$4,75583%
- Education$1693%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 48 | $1,315 |
| Stryker | 15 | $906 |
| GSK | 38 | $774 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 26 | $374 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 17 | $279 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $238 |
| Cochlear Americas | 6 | $212 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $193 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $184 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 11 | $160 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $133 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $67 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 4 | $66 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $51 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $32 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Quidel Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $25 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Glenmark Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SCOPIS ENT$450
- DUPIXENT$389
- NUCALA$233
- CoolSeal Generator$145
How this compares
$5,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 232 otolaryngology providers in New Jersey.
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 Hcl | 61 | $2,087 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 68 | $1,342 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 19 | $752 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 33 | $673 |
| Omeprazole | 59 | $670 |
| Famotidine | 38 | $566 |
| Ofloxacin | 15 | $239 |
| Prednisone | 76 | $176 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Marlton
- Saba AftabMarlton$6K
- Srihari DaggumatiMarlton$4K
- Nishant ReddyEast Windsor$133K
- Giant LinFlorham Park$25K
- Samir ShahVoorhees$16K
- Brian BensonHackensack$14K
- Andrew BlitzerHackensack$9K
- Ahmad MahmoudClifton$9K
- Jean EloyNewark$8K
- Ramtin KassirWayne$8K
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.