Thomas Way, MD
Otolaryngology · Anderson, SCNPI 1386897346
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,874 of the $3,489 with a category attached, or 82.3%. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,543, 6.4 times the $240 reported in 2019.
Across 95 payments — averaging $36.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$822
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$489
- GSK$437
- Acclarent, Inc$380
- Sanofi$270
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$197
- plus $894 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$58217%
- Food & beverage$2,87482%
- Education$341%
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. | 6 | $822 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 8 | $489 |
| GSK | 26 | $437 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 8 | $380 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $270 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $197 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $184 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $170 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $132 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Merck | 2 | $45 |
| Stryker | 3 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
| Amgen | 1 | $34 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bayer | 1 | $12 |
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$684
- PROPEL$255
- Acclarent Aera$148
- Inspira Air$148
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$148
- TruDi Probe$148
- SINUVA$147
- TruDi Nav Cable$138
- DUPIXENT$123
How this compares
$3,489 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 180 otolaryngology providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 15 | $55,919 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 45 | $3,565 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 142 | $3,200 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 254 | $3,014 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 288 | $2,367 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 21 | $2,131 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 103 | $1,879 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 51 | $1,791 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 115 | $1,022 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 16 | $729 |
| Famotidine | 64 | $714 |
| Ofloxacin | 27 | $681 |
| Dexamethasone | 22 | $567 |
| Omeprazole | 54 | $455 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $321 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Anderson
- Dole BakerAnderson$8K
- Michael BauschardAnderson$4K
- Zachary GriggsAnderson$4K
- Shaun NguyenCharleston$973K
- Rodney SchlosserCharleston$382K
- Zachary SolerCharleston$67K
- Peter HorwichNorth Charleston$33K
- Eugene BrownCharleston$28K
- Jason NewmanCharleston$26K
- Joshua HornigCharleston$25K
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.