James Sheffield
Anesthesiologist Assistant · Sunrise, FLNPI 1891714705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
BD accounts for 76.4% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $2,327, more than ten times the $41 reported in 2021. Among anesthesiologist assistant 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 25 payments — averaging $114.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BD$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$509
- Medtronic$58
- Merck$55
- Boston Scientific$22
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$17
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,69359%
- Food & beverage$1,15841%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 9 | $2,179 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $509 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $58 |
| Merck | 3 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Masimo Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$2,851 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 527 anesthesiologist assistant 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.
Other anesthesiologist assistant in Sunrise
- Justin SabatesSunrise$370
- Mark LeonardTampa$11K
- Kent RinggerNew Port Richey$2K
- Joseph PraverJacksonville$2K
- Yi Ching HsuFort Lauderdale$1K
- John HoJacksonville$1K
- Bruce HamelinGainesville$1K
- Nicholas ConboyTitusville$1K
- Julian SalazarPlantation$1K
- Jessica LopesRoyal Palm Beach$1K
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.