Michael Hernando, MD
Surgery · Morristown, NJNPI 1902017296
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 40.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,526 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $604 in 2025.
Across 69 payments — averaging $91.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Davol Inc.$449
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$217
- Merck$94
- GSK$87
- plus $546 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00032%
- Travel & lodging$1,64426%
- Food & beverage$2,68742%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 13 | $2,538 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $2,399 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $449 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $217 |
| Merck | 5 | $94 |
| GSK | 6 | $87 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $86 |
| Amgen | 3 | $53 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $49 |
| BD | 1 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $41 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 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
$6,331 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 593 surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 124 | $608 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Morristown
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- Robert PerezHainesport$2M
- Jarrod KaufmanBrick$474K
- Amit TrivediParamus$242K
- Young HongCamden$203K
- Harvey RainvilleGlen Ridge$159K
- Harrison CotlerOakhurst$149K
- Francis PrevitiNorth Field$131K
- David DupreeTinton Falls$124K
- Patricia MartzCape May Court House$98K
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.