Meghan Schmaltz
Acute Care · Tampa, FLNPI 1568794022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.4%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 37.9% of the total. Among acute care 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 152 payments — averaging $80.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$5K
- Abbott$5K
- Amgen$2K
- Boston Scientific$378
- Medtronic$310
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$216
- plus $401 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,23826%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,75023%
- Travel & lodging$9298%
- Food & beverage$5,18542%
- Education$1171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 24 | $4,634 |
| Abbott | 42 | $4,509 |
| Amgen | 59 | $1,771 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $378 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $310 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $216 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $41 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $28 |
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.
- Impella$3,865
- OPTIS$3,238
- Repatha$709
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$151
- COROFLOW$146
- GENERAL - STENTS$131
- CARDIOMEMS$119
- AngioVac$116
- FFRct$116
- ESPRIT$113
- ONYX FRONTIER$113
- Diamondback Coronary$103
How this compares
$12,219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,150 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $24,736 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 63 | $880 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 33 | $470 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $343 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 12 | $185 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $130 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $86 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Tampa
- Katrina RileyTampa$66K
- Melissa HamiltonTampa$23K
- Jennifer WicksTampa$8K
- Katherine LanglaisTampa$6K
- Melisa WilsonOrlando$214K
- Amanda PeacockJacksonville$81K
- Diane GrayLake Mary$49K
- Heather RamousSafety Harbor$38K
- Melanie WeresJacksonville$37K
- Jayne JaramilloJacksonville$27K
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.