Michael Hux
Medical · Clearwater, FLNPI 1902863277
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $27.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$546
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$451
- Medtronic$390
- Abbott$373
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$333
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,216100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 58 | $1,520 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 31 | $546 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 28 | $451 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $390 |
| Abbott | 5 | $373 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 13 | $333 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $233 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $200 |
| GSK | 2 | $199 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $194 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $142 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $68 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $57 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$322
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$261
- REZDIFFRA$142
- Omnia$139
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$137
- INTELLIS$136
- Senza$114
- REXULTI$100
How this compares
$5,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,031 medical providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 58 | $1,379 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 37 | $624 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $476 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $340 |
| Methylprednisolone | 37 | $263 |
| Baclofen | 25 | $257 |
| Methocarbamol | 21 | $171 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $168 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 11 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in Clearwater
- Brian LippmanClearwater$17K
- Gary RubinRockledge$2.1M
- Shanna MirantiNaples$415K
- Krystie LennoxBoca Raton$245K
- Jihan RamadanWellington$238K
- Ilanit SamuelsMiami$211K
- Erin DouceyWinter Haven$202K
- Kathleen TrummerWellington$166K
- Sandra SnyderTampa$156K
- Francine PhillipsLand O Lakes$145K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.