Christopher Edelman, PA
Surgical · Clearwater, FLNPI 1639426810
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC accounts for 96.2% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $8,682, more than ten times the $47 reported in 2021. Among surgical 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 25 payments — averaging $391.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$9K
- Bioventus LLC$202
- Johnson & Johnson$65
- Stryker$56
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$47
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,91830%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,42735%
- Travel & lodging$2,54326%
- Food & beverage$8989%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 18 | $9,417 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $202 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $65 |
| Stryker | 2 | $56 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $47 |
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.
- Mepilex Border Post Op AG$5,987
- Avance Solo$5,265
- Exogen Ultrasound Bone Healing System$145
- Avance$126
How this compares
$9,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,018 surgical 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 | 424 | $14,739 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 369 | $1,254 |
| Cefadroxil | 71 | $514 |
| Amoxicillin | 144 | $446 |
| Prednisone | 134 | $224 |
| Mupirocin | 32 | $180 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $138 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 18 | $90 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 15 | $56 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Clearwater
- Kathleen McMichaelClearwater$96K
- Aaron SookhooBrandon$742K
- Jessica McCarrySt Petersburg$445K
- Harmony ChurchTallahassee$265K
- Pamela LiggettMiami$120K
- Stephanie CarrollPalm Beach Gardens$114K
- Christina NauglePalm Beach Gardens$96K
- Michael SullivanSarasota$91K
- Dana ZeitlerNaples$73K
- William UlrichBoynton Beach$68K
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.