George Burns, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Clearwater, FLNPI 1508858044
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 106 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,009 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $178 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $25.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$582
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$390
- AbbVie$256
- Sanofi$235
- Lilly USA, LLC$219
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$143
- plus $868 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,693100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 26 | $582 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 12 | $390 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $256 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $235 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $219 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $122 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $32 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $25 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
How this compares
$2,693 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 141 mohs-micrographic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 16 | $121,173 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 196 | $1,493 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $1,338 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 43 | $1,257 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 23 | $1,095 |
| Fluorouracil | 15 | $937 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $551 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 18 | $549 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 17 | $526 |
| Cephalexin | 42 | $355 |
| Hydrocortisone | 14 | $204 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $136 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Clearwater
- Andrew WeinsteinBoynton Beach$197K
- Armand CognettaTallahassee$139K
- Scott FoskoGainesville$100K
- Paul BenedettoCoral Springs$96K
- Jeremy SunseriPanama City$81K
- Shawna FlanaganJupiter$74K
- Martin ZaiacMiami Beach$61K
- Jason RizzoEstero$60K
- Andrew JaffePalm Beach Gardens$52K
- Kenneth WallaceOcala$26K
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.