Jennifer Tucker, MD
Hand Surgery · Boynton Beach, FLNPI 1922149228
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 38 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 30.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $590, 2.0 times the $290 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $3,372.
Across 38 payments — averaging $39.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$457
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$246
- Acumed LLC$149
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$135
- Encore Medical, LP$118
- Johnson & Johnson$90
- plus $299 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,492100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 9 | $457 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $149 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $135 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 2 | $118 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $90 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $43 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Vertex | 1 | $34 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| ERMI LLC | 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
$1,492 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 173 hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 100 | $632 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 44 | $307 |
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $209 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $174 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $78 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Boynton Beach
- Jorge Orbay-CerratoMiami$12.5M
- Peter EvansStuart$525K
- Nirav GuptaOcala$491K
- Francisco RubioMiami$345K
- Justin ZumstegOrlando$133K
- Maria-Carolina Orbay AranMiami$108K
- Paul PatersonVero Beach$104K
- Helen Hui-ChouMiami$95K
- Philipp StreubelWeston$81K
- Roy CardosoCoral Gables$79K
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.