Taraneh Azar, MD
Otolaryngology · Portsmouth, NHNPI 1043289739
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,195 of the $3,849 with a category attached, or 83.0%. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among otolaryngology clinicians in NH 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 103 payments — averaging $37.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$795
- Aerin Medical Inc.$683
- GSK$588
- Sanofi$564
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$373
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$191
- plus $657 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$50013%
- Food & beverage$3,19583%
- Education$1544%
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. | 12 | $795 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 11 | $683 |
| GSK | 19 | $588 |
| Sanofi | 24 | $564 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $373 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $191 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $154 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $93 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $73 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Novartis | 2 | $41 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Inspire$531
- VIVAER STYLUS$500
- RHINAER STYLUS$500
- DUPIXENT$232
- NUCALA$122
- PROPEL$105
How this compares
$3,849 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 44 otolaryngology providers in New Hampshire.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 221 | $4,227 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 71 | $1,937 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 98 | $1,044 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 22 | $669 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $468 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 19 | $419 |
| Omeprazole | 68 | $300 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $256 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $148 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $86 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Portsmouth
- James BartelsManchester$5K
- Joseph PaydarfarLebanon$5K
- Michael ToscanoDover$4K
- Christopher KnoxRochester$3K
- Avery NelsonKeene$2K
- Keith JorgensenDerry$2K
- Ross JohnstonLebanon$2K
- Carly SchrageLaconia$2K
- Angela DamianoKeene$2K
- Sarah SeoLebanon$1K
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.