Candice Bennett
Cardiovascular Disease · Stuart, FLNPI 1255837191
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 69 payments — averaging $39.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$509
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$499
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$296
- Novartis$210
- Boehringer Ingelheim$180
- Penumbra, Inc.$141
- plus $900 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,32985%
- Education$40615%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $509 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $499 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 5 | $296 |
| Novartis | 13 | $210 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $180 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 7 | $126 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $122 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $98 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $86 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $49 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Assure WCD$234
- COROFLOW$219
- Indigo System$141
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$136
- LifeVest$131
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- ELIQUIS$122
How this compares
$2,736 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Stuart
- 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
- Ferris GeorgeSt Augustine$3.8M
- Duccio BaldariWellington$3.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.