Gerald Nickerson, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Venice, FLNPI 1932127768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,425 of the $6,644 with a category attached, or 66.6%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 29.6% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 137 payments — averaging $48.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$842
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$753
- Curonix LLC$562
- AbbVie$391
- VGI Medical, LLC$311
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,21933%
- Food & beverage$4,42567%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $1,969 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 13 | $842 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $753 |
| Curonix LLC | 10 | $562 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $391 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $311 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $288 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $277 |
| Abbott | 8 | $251 |
| Amgen | 8 | $139 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Indivior Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $65 |
| Stryker | 1 | $64 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Alvogen Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $13 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Intracept$2,382
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$612
- SiJoin, VerteLoc$311
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$305
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$226
- mild Device Kit$166
- PRODISC C VIVO$155
- PRODISC C SK$133
- PROCLAIM$103
How this compares
$6,644 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 618 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 129 | $65,029 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 98 | $51,398 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,808 | $43,938 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 965 | $35,326 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 48 | $33,614 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 1,054 | $18,122 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 99 | $14,230 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 194 | $12,263 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 537 | $11,695 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 12 | $10,407 |
| Fentanyl | 99 | $8,182 |
| Hydrocodone Bitartrate ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 24 | $7,841 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 511 | $6,713 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 15 | $6,134 |
| Oxymorphone Hcl ErOxymorphone Hcl | 12 | $5,924 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Venice
- Anthony GiuffridaFort Lauderdale$271K
- Ryan HafnerSarasota$164K
- Cassandra ListJacksonville$154K
- Marissa McCarthyTampa$94K
- Jose Medina SanchezTampa$30K
- Alan MillerFernandina Beach$26K
- Anish SoniNaples$25K
- Jose de la TorreWesley Chapel$23K
- Kaivalya DeshpandeMiami$22K
- Ryan RamsookTallahassee$21K
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.