Benedict Maniscalco
Cardiovascular Disease · Tampa, FLNPI 1679560486
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 114 payments — averaging $20.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$393
- Abbott$331
- Boehringer Ingelheim$212
- Amgen$180
- Johnson & Johnson$154
- Merck$131
- plus $922 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,311100%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 22 | $393 |
| Abbott | 13 | $331 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $212 |
| Amgen | 10 | $180 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $154 |
| Merck | 7 | $131 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $127 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $115 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $70 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $55 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $51 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $43 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$2,322 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Tampa
- Hiram BezerraTampa$1.6M
- Arthur LabovitzTampa$689K
- Michael KorenGainesville$31M
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$11.1M
- Alexis GutierrezHialeah$8M
- Eric SpivackAventura$7.1M
- William OneillNaples$4.6M
- Rafik AbadierInverness$4.4M
- Alvaro MurciaPembroke Pines$4M
- David HotchkissPort Charlotte$4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.