Dana Hess
Surgical · Brandon, FLNPI 1255562971
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 98 payments — averaging $31.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$538
- Merz North America, Inc.$393
- Botanix SB Inc$188
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$135
- Almirall LLC$103
- plus $525 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,87292%
- Education$2608%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $1,249 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $538 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 6 | $393 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 4 | $188 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $135 |
| Almirall LLC | 4 | $103 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $94 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $94 |
| Novartis | 5 | $85 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $25 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $4 |
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
$3,131 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,018 surgical providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 20 | $573 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 15 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Brandon
- Aaron SookhooBrandon$742K
- Jessica McCarrySt Petersburg$445K
- Harmony ChurchTallahassee$265K
- Matthew HammondPensacola$155K
- Pamela LiggettMiami$120K
- Stephanie CarrollPalm Beach Gardens$114K
- Christina NauglePalm Beach Gardens$96K
- Kathleen McMichaelClearwater$96K
- Michael SullivanSarasota$91K
- Dana ZeitlerNaples$73K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.