Brett Kindle, MD
Sports Medicine · Gulf Breeze, FLNPI 1639468028
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $28,375 of the $33,163 with a category attached, or 85.6%. GE HealthCare accounts for 68.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sports medicine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 90 payments — averaging $368.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GE HealthCare$23K
- Sonex Health, Inc.$9K
- Smith+Nephew$504
- Bioventus LLC$195
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$161
- DJO, LLC$126
- plus $223 from 4 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2256.55 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Fidia Pharma USA Inc.$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,37586%
- Travel & lodging$2,3697%
- Food & beverage$2,4197%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE HealthCare | 23 | $22,837 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 41 | $9,117 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $504 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $195 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $161 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $126 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 2 | $78 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
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.
How this compares
$33,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 402 sports medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 123 | $1,210 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $328 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $104 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 81 | $89 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Gulf Breeze
- Adam AnzGulf Breeze$354K
- Lee KaplanMiami$11.3M
- Patrick SmithNaples$2.9M
- Ryan SimovitchWest Palm Beach$1.1M
- Bruce LevyOrlando$816K
- Gautam YagnikMiami$440K
- Carl DilellaVero Beach$384K
- Stanton LongeneckerJacksonville$330K
- Luga PodestaNaples$206K
- Julianne MunozMiami$149K
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.