Eric Branch, MD
Sports Medicine · Panama City, FLNPI 1982067344
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (41.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $23,000 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $4,146 in 2025. 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 128 payments — averaging $384.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$29K
- CGG Medical Inc$10K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- MVP Orthopedics Inc$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$300
- plus $406 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,2503%
- Grants$20,30041%
- Travel & lodging$11,30023%
- Food & beverage$3,5857%
- Education$12,81526%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 75 | $29,434 |
| CGG Medical Inc | 23 | $9,898 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $5,400 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $2,615 |
| Stryker | 15 | $1,197 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $131 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $103 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $69 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MAKO$642
- Breg$131
- NANOTACK FLEX$129
How this compares
$49,250 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 108 | $915 |
| Cephalexin | 50 | $624 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 81 | $440 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 24 | $432 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 16 | $193 |
| Ibuprofen | 78 | $182 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $161 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Panama City
- Robert MeadPanama City$63K
- Isaac MitchellPanama City$53K
- Lee KaplanMiami$11.3M
- Patrick SmithNaples$2.9M
- Ryan SimovitchWest Palm Beach$1.1M
- Bruce LevyOrlando$816K
- Gautam YagnikMiami$440K
- Carl DilellaVero Beach$384K
- Adam AnzGulf Breeze$354K
- Stanton LongeneckerJacksonville$330K
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.