Jaime Carvajal Alba, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Clermont, FLNPI 1902048655
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Smith+Nephew accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $284,263, more than ten times the $871 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 624 payments — averaging $1218.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$740K
- Restor3d, Inc.$17K
- Stryker$1K
- Medtronic$592
- Johnson & Johnson$326
- Zimmer Biomet$253
- plus $555 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$248,54033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$383,63550%
- Travel & lodging$107,58214%
- Food & beverage$20,5133%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 569 | $739,850 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 16 | $17,472 |
| Stryker | 11 | $1,224 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $592 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $326 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $253 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $151 |
| Tracpatch Health, Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Embody, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Abbott | 2 | $35 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $30 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Journey II$640,232
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$622,581
- Legion Revision$207,939
- Legion$159,259
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$76,707
- OR3O Dual Mobility$67,625
- REDAPT$54,816
- Tandem$49,552
- GENESIS II$49,354
- Anthem$47,165
- POLARSTEM$40,261
- Anthology$39,488
- K-15 PORK$33,059
- Engage Partial Knee System$27,720
- JOURNEY$16,786
- Journey II XR$8,025
- EVOS$4,800
- CORI$3,845
- BIRMINGHAM HIP$3,483
- Journey II BCS$3,080
How this compares
$760,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 63 | $464 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $63 |
| Meloxicam | 32 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Clermont
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
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.