Jaime Gomez Hernandez
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Miami, FLNPI 1467611608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $66,382 of the $79,097 with a category attached, or 83.9%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,796 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $696 in 2025.
Across 100 payments — averaging $790.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$47K
- Zimmer Biomet$15K
- Zimvie Inc.$11K
- Altus Partners. LLC$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abiomed$321
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66,38284%
- Travel & lodging$5,4017%
- Food & beverage$7,0989%
- Entertainment$2170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 34 | $47,328 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $14,619 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 12 | $10,880 |
| Altus Partners. LLC | 3 | $2,487 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $2,376 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $321 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $312 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $193 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $176 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $128 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 1 | $45 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $31 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SERRATO$31,726
- Vital$21,165
- The Tether$17,685
- MESA RAIL$17,296
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$15,658
- AVS NAVIGATOR$15,658
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$15,658
- EVEREST$13,896
- Vitality Power$13,350
- Vitality$9,900
- Vital MIS$9,900
- N/A$9,100
- InViZia$7,050
- TrellOss-C SA$7,050
- C-TEK MAXAN$7,050
- Mobi-C$7,050
- ROI-A$4,350
- Virage$3,071
- MazorX - Renaissance$653
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$495
How this compares
$79,097 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Miami
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
- Stephen GeorgeMiami$300K
- Emmanuel MengaMiami$215K
- Amar RajadhyakshaMiami$193K
- Frank EismontMiami$117K
- Nathan LebwohlMiami$48K
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.