Fred Telischi, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Miami, FLNPI 1710903588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.6%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Med-el Corporation at 53.7% of the total. Among otology & neurotology 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 66 payments — averaging $435.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$15K
- Cochlear Americas$11K
- Medtronic$978
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$518
- Grace Medical, Inc.$305
- Stryker$282
- plus $214 from 2 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $13,680 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.
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$65K
- Med-el Corporation$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9783%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00010%
- Grants$8,00028%
- Travel & lodging$12,53944%
- Food & beverage$4,23715%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 24 | $15,442 |
| Cochlear Americas | 21 | $11,014 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $978 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 11 | $518 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 2 | $305 |
| Stryker | 4 | $282 |
| Iotamotion, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 1 | $38 |
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.
- Baha$10,403
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$10,008
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$10,008
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$9,682
- BCI 602 Kit$8,821
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$5,070
- VIBRANT Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant and BONEBRIDGE System$4,586
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$821
- Cochlear$283
- Nucleus$253
- iotaSOFT$176
- SCOPIS ENT$155
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$155
- HIRES ULTRA CI HIFOCUS MS ELECTRODE$152
How this compares
$28,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 25 otology & neurotology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 17 | $697 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $558 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $92 |
| Levofloxacin | 17 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Miami
- Thomas BalkanyMiami$534K
- Simon AngeliMiami$32K
- Lawrence GrobmanMiami$1K
- Ali AlqassimMiami$19
- Herbert SilversteinSarasota$18K
- Jack WazenSarasota$16K
- Loren BartelsTampa$16K
- Kyle AllenTampa$14K
- Joshua LightBoynton Beach$12K
- Andrew MarloweSarasota$12K
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.