Karon Locicero, MD
Internal Medicine · Tampa, FLNPI 1255307641
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $834 of the $1,216 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. at 31.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $589 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $222 in 2025.
Across 15 payments — averaging $81.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tosoh Bioscience, Inc.$382
- Johnson & Johnson$352
- Amgen$125
- Intuitive Surgical$104
- AbbVie$100
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$90
- plus $64 from 4 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $300,380 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Amgen$6.6M
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$83469%
- Gifts$38231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tosoh Bioscience, Inc. | 1 | $382 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $352 |
| Amgen | 2 | $125 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $104 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $100 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 197 | $87,228 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $21,131 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $14,813 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $12,910 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $12,833 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 42 | $10,175 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $10,005 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $8,072 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 20 | $7,483 |
| NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl | 25 | $7,368 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 14 | $6,201 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 12 | $4,163 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 304 | $4,162 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 24 | $3,926 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 247 | $3,074 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $19 | $87,228197 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Namzaric, Synthroid | $100 | $16,93874 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $352 | $12,91019 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Tampa
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Jhanelle GrayTampa$229K
- Anitha ReddyTampa$224K
- Benjamin CreelanTampa$212K
- Anne HermannTampa$139K
- Mark LaflammeTampa$119K
- Shahla BariTampa$56K
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
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.