Thomas Herendeen, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1356333272
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 77 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 77 payments — averaging $26.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$427
- Stryker$276
- GSK$230
- AbbVie$154
- Aerin Medical Inc.$140
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$136
- plus $694 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,058100%
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 | 17 | $427 |
| Stryker | 3 | $276 |
| GSK | 10 | $230 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $154 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 4 | $140 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $136 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $76 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Amgen | 3 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $34 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$147
- NUCALA$115
- SONOPET IQ$111
- CORE$111
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Indianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 53 | $1,115 |
| Omeprazole | 31 | $678 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $427 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 25 | $396 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 21 | $313 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $226 |
| Famotidine | 19 | $194 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $167 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $141 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 22 | $139 |
| Meloxicam | 84 | $100 |
| Topiramate | 13 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Fort Wayne
- Richard BalikianIndianapolis$25K
- John GilbertElkhart$24K
- Leonard CovelloMunster$13K
- Kartike GulatiHighland$7K
- Jon ChadwellSouth Bend$2K
- Dominic VernonIndianapolis$796
- Peter RigasCarmel$752
- Jeffrey BeachCarmel$676
- Jatin PatelMunster$331
- Daniel BernerLafayette$221
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.