Brett Schlifka, DO
Neurological Surgery · Wellington, FLNPI 1790728913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (50.0%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education at 43.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $113,369 and has fallen 71.1% since, to $32,727 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 730 payments — averaging $768.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$243K
- Stryker$65K
- Integrity Implants Inc.$37K
- Baxter Healthcare$35K
- Medtronic$33K
- Globus Medical$21K
- plus $126K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$280,38150%
- Consulting fees$170,59730%
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,7187%
- Travel & lodging$35,5756%
- Food & beverage$32,5776%
- Education$3,6191%
- Gifts$5750%
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.
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.
- Ti-Diagon$106,533
- Orthros$103,623
- Spira$82,387
- Coveris$70,730
- SPINEJACK$40,733
- LineSider$30,337
- AVAFLEX$28,975
- AUTOPLEX$27,075
- FlareHawk$21,736
- ACTIFUSE$19,725
- VERTAPLEX$16,625
- FLOSEAL$15,802
- Diagon$15,018
- No Related Product$10,757
- T2 STRATOSPHERE$10,511
- Hydroputty$10,000
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$6,730
- IVAS$6,650
- MYSPINE$6,475
- XLIF$6,362
How this compares
$561,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 556 neurological surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 215 | $6,071 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 163 | $1,891 |
| Gabapentin | 163 | $1,552 |
| Methylprednisolone | 77 | $509 |
| Pregabalin | 33 | $476 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $379 |
| Methocarbamol | 27 | $330 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 57 | $279 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $134 |
| Cephalexin | 11 | $82 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $73 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Wellington
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- Paul SawinWinter Park$3M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
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.