Thomas Simpson, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Iowa City, IANPI 1285672428
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 85 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $881, 3.5 times the $252 reported in 2019.
Across 85 payments — averaging $25.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$291
- Sanofi$252
- Medtronic$228
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$217
- Organogenesis Inc.$201
- Smith+Nephew$172
- plus $782 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,142100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $291 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $252 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $228 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $217 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $201 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $172 |
| Preceptis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Stryker | 3 | $93 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $33 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $33 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| GSK | 2 | $30 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
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.
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$203
- NOVACHOR$140
- Affinity$140
- Halo$111
- TULA$111
How this compares
Too few otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Iowato 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 772 | $5,280 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 190 | $5,142 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 168 | $2,027 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,485 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 205 | $1,465 |
| Flunisolide | 33 | $1,203 |
| Omeprazole | 51 | $660 |
| Cefdinir | 19 | $629 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 13 | $564 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 48 | $547 |
| Ofloxacin | 30 | $381 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 54 | $295 |
| Sulfacetamide-PrednisoloneSulfacetamide/Prednisolone Sp | 22 | $275 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $244 |
| Pramipexole DihydrochloridePramipexole Di-Hcl | 18 | $233 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Iowa City
- Douglas VandaeleIowa City$2K
- Jeremy VosIowa City$1K
- Daniel OlneyIowa City$1K
- Dwayne CapperIowa City$595
- Thomas VinerIowa City$371
- John CanadyIowa City$46
- Shane GailushasCedar Rapids$6K
- Melanie Giesler-SpellmanCedar Rapids$3K
- Marc PolaccoNorth Liberty$2K
- Jay BurmeisterDavenport$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.