Thomas Tarin, MD
Otolaryngology · Merrillville, INNPI 1427081405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,943 of the $6,250 with a category attached, or 79.1%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 47.1% of the total.
Across 131 payments — averaging $47.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$3K
- Stryker$616
- Smith+Nephew$452
- Optinose US, Inc.$411
- Acclarent, Inc$323
- GSK$310
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,29121%
- Food & beverage$4,94379%
- Education$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 19 | $2,941 |
| Stryker | 14 | $616 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $452 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 22 | $411 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 6 | $323 |
| GSK | 21 | $310 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $186 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $120 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $110 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $103 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Fortovia Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- VivAer$1,540
- RhinAer$1,540
- VIVAER STYLUS$368
- RHINAER STYLUS$368
- SeptAlign$283
- TURBALIGN$283
- TULA$248
- SCOPIS ENT$162
- Vivaer RF Stylus$146
- LATERA$140
- TruDi Nav Cable$139
- Coblation - Sinus Wands$132
- OPDIVO$120
- NUCALA$114
- Acclarent Aera$109
- CeQur Simplicity$103
- Xhance$101
How this compares
$6,250 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 193 otolaryngology providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mometasone Furoate | 350 | $15,334 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 98 | $2,585 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 30 | $2,504 |
| Olopatadine Hcl | 26 | $1,804 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 43 | $1,445 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 86 | $1,017 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 14 | $619 |
| Methylprednisolone | 44 | $201 |
| Azithromycin | 23 | $107 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Merrillville
- Ryan CmejrekMerrillville$5K
- Dennis HanMerrillville$4K
- Joshua GreeneAnderson$955K
- Satyan SreenathIndianapolis$103K
- Stephen FreemanCarmel$33K
- Venkata KakarlapudiNew Albany$33K
- Elisa IllingIndianapolis$28K
- Colin NeumannNew Albany$26K
- Erin KevernElkhart$26K
- Aaron DubersteinLafayette$22K
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.