Faisal Ahmad, MD
Otolaryngology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1770859944
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 77.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,857 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $1,074 in 2025. Among otolaryngology 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 47 payments — averaging $185.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$489
- Kls-martin L.p.$368
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$294
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$190
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$122
- plus $527 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17125%
- Food & beverage$2,54429%
- Education$4,00046%
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 | 20 | $6,725 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $489 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $368 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $294 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $190 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $120 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $115 |
| Axogen | 1 | $114 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $110 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $22 |
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 SP$4,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,529
- INTEGRA$324
- DUPIXENT$237
- Monarch Platform$218
- VISTASEAL$135
- Harmonic$135
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$114
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$114
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$114
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$114
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$114
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$108
- PRIMATRIX$108
How this compares
$8,715 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 586 otolaryngology 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.
Other otolaryngology in Jacksonville
- Samip PatelJacksonville$38K
- Iman NaseriJacksonville$24K
- Charles GreeneJacksonville$19K
- Alexander FaragJacksonville$15K
- Angela DonaldsonJacksonville$15K
- Jeffrey JanusJacksonville$11K
- Jeffrey RadabaughJacksonville$10K
- William BolgerJacksonville$9K
- Cecelia DamaskOrlando$707K
- Ralph TufanoSarasota$469K
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.