Erol Yoldas, MD
Sports Medicine · Fort Lauderdale, FLNPI 1528023314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.9%), royalties or licence payments and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 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 108 payments — averaging $356.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$26K
- Arthrex$8K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$385
- Stryker$274
- Abanza Inc.$146
- plus $550 from 8 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $750.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Smith+Nephew$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$11,71730%
- Consulting fees$20,02552%
- Travel & lodging$2,9508%
- Food & beverage$3,84210%
- Education$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 48 | $26,421 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $8,373 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $2,403 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $385 |
| Stryker | 3 | $274 |
| Abanza Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Vericel Corporation | 6 | $127 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $103 |
| Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Maruho Medical, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Juggerknotless Soft Anchor$21,126
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE SPECIALTY$1,000
- Regeneten$967
- FOOTPRINT$928
- Speedlock$569
- Q-FIX$569
- Healicoil$359
- BIORAPTOR$359
- RELIGN$292
- MICRORAPTOR Knotless Anchor$254
- Bioraptor Knotless$149
- WasherCap Fixation System 10mm$146
- Kischner wire$146
- CrossFix II$138
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$114
- SPY TECHNOLOGY$105
- 1588 HD 3 CHIP CAMERA$105
- LINVATEC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY$103
- LIVATEC KNEE PRESERVATION SYSTEM$103
How this compares
$38,553 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 142 | $1,017 |
| Ibuprofen | 157 | $545 |
| Methylprednisolone | 61 | $347 |
| Meloxicam | 119 | $301 |
| Gabapentin | 142 | $196 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Fort Lauderdale
- 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
- Luga PodestaNaples$206K
- Julianne MunozMiami$149K
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.