Eric Weiss, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Weston, FLNPI 1851355523
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (25.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 52.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,446 and has fallen 86.6% since, to $594 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $213.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Polynovo North America LLC$743
- Johnson & Johnson$267
- Baxter Healthcare$239
- plus $437 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,30010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00023%
- Travel & lodging$2,93223%
- Food & beverage$3,26025%
- Education$2,50019%
- Gifts$340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 26 | $6,851 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 2 | $3,071 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $1,418 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 12 | $743 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $267 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $239 |
| Stryker | 1 | $123 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $107 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $72 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $65 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,256
- Gelport Laparoscopic System$3,000
- Novosorb BTM$422
- Echelon Circular$245
- MONOCRYL$127
- 1788$123
- FLOSEAL$108
- Cook Medical Surgery$107
How this compares
$13,026 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 157 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocortisone | 14 | $269 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 12 | $62 |
| Metronidazole | 16 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Weston
- Steven WexnerWeston$333K
- Giovanna da Silva SouthwickWeston$33K
- Dana SandsWeston$15K
- Mark SolimanAltamonte Springs$872K
- Eduardo Parra DavilaWest Palm Beach$577K
- Matthew AlbertAltamonte Springs$514K
- Avraham BelizonBoca Raton$482K
- Rahila EssaniCelebration$379K
- Henry LujanMiami$378K
- Allen ChudzinskiTampa$252K
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.