Michael Jacobs
Reproductive Endocrinology · Miami, FLNPI 1366400467
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,100 of the $1,646 with a category attached, or 66.8%. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. accounts for 91.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,450 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $38 in 2021.
Across 23 payments — averaging $71.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$62
- Merck$59
- AbbVie$18
Across 37 payments — averaging $16,974 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.
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$550K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$78K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10067%
- Food & beverage$54633%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $1,507 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Merck | 3 | $59 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MENOPUR$1,088
How this compares
$1,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 89 reproductive endocrinology providers in Florida.
Other reproductive endocrinology in Miami
- Pasquale PatrizioMiami$7K
- Fernando AkermanMiami$1K
- Joelle TaylorMiami$1K
- Abraham HalfenMiami$581
- Edward IllionsMiami$496
- Armando Hernandez-ReyCoral Gables$28K
- Laurel StadtmauerWinter Park$21K
- Daniel ChristieMargate$15K
- Celso Silva FilhoTampa$10K
- Gregory ChristmanGainesville$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.