RxDoctor Payments Data

Sung-Won Kim, MD

Otolaryngology · Olympia, WANPI 1558577627

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,740 of the $3,391 with a category attached, or 80.8%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 26.9% of the total. Among otolaryngology clinicians in WA 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.

$3,391in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 78 payments — averaging $43.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$914
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$652
  • Aerin Medical Inc.$396
  • Intersect ENT, Inc.$209
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$205
  • Alk-abello, Inc$192
  • plus $823 from 16 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$65219%
  • Food & beverage$2,74081%

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

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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.

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

$3,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 254 otolaryngology providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$363,879
Medicare patients
811
Services billed
12,170

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Azelastine Hcl309$8,301
Fluticasone Propionate233$3,544
Epinephrine16$2,995
Ofloxacin101$2,745
Ipratropium Bromide52$1,588
Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth11$1,288
Triamcinolone Acetonide87$671
Dexamethasone12$639
Omeprazole14$342
Levothyroxine Sodium30$333
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav25$326
Doxycycline Hyclate11$237
Mupirocin36$212
Gabapentin12$197
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate15$191

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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