Mario Romero
General Practice · Sarasota, FLNPI 1912292954
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $270,145 of the $274,588 with a category attached, or 98.4%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerr Corporation at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $112,188 and has fallen 60.6% since, to $44,227 in 2025. Among general practice 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 70 payments — averaging $3922.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerr Corporation$99K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$79K
- Coltene Whaledent Inc.$69K
- Kavo Dental Technologies LLC$24K
- Garrison Dental Solutions$2K
- Straumann USA LLC$435
- plus $501 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$270,14598%
- Travel & lodging$6060%
- Food & beverage$1,0120%
- Education$60%
- Gifts$2,6581%
- Entertainment$1610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerr Corporation | 16 | $98,581 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 12 | $79,154 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 15 | $69,267 |
| Kavo Dental Technologies LLC | 8 | $24,179 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 2 | $2,471 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 8 | $435 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $160 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 1 | $92 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 3 | $89 |
| Sprintray Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $70 |
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.
- CORE RESTORE$10,011
- Quad Sectional Matrix System Intro Kit$1,815
- Deep Margin Elevation Kit$1,815
- Strata-G Sectional Matrix System Intro Kit$1,815
- LM Dental Instruments (various SKUs)$656
- TF ADAPTIVE$164
- Opalescence$113
How this compares
$274,588 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 33 | $106 |
| Amoxicillin | 50 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Sarasota
- Robert VogelPalm Beach Gardens$1M
- Bruce OuelletteWest Palm Beach$724K
- Caley CasteleinMiami Beach$586K
- Sarah JockinTampa$308K
- Robert RitterJupiter$233K
- Robert AltharPensacola$231K
- Florencia ZiemkeWest Palm Beach$208K
- Ausberto HidalgoPembroke Pines$171K
- Rickie FergusonPembroke Pines$170K
- Ernesto LamadridGainesville$128K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.