Michael Venezia, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Clearwater, FLNPI 1356757512
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 471 payments — averaging $425.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$103K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$34K
- Globus Medical$23K
- Medtronic$11K
- Stryker$8K
- Spineology Inc.$6K
- plus $16K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$26,90013%
- Consulting fees$95,72248%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,0002%
- Grants$20,00010%
- Travel & lodging$31,32216%
- Food & beverage$20,73810%
- Education$1,3141%
- Gifts$5300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 98 | $102,571 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 19 | $33,700 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 34 | $22,823 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 38 | $11,495 |
| Stryker | 181 | $8,301 |
| Spineology Inc. | 12 | $5,770 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 5 | $5,181 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 9 | $4,301 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 14 | $3,414 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $347 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $308 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $272 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $193 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 5 | $173 |
| Innovasis Inc | 2 | $170 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 6 | $146 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 3 | $138 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $115 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $111 |
| Amgen | 5 | $101 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $81 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $64 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $50 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$32,744
- Solus ALIF$19,436
- Spira$17,877
- IdentiTi$8,706
- LTP$8,000
- Battalion TLIF - PC$8,000
- Spira-C Integrated$6,963
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$5,712
- ProLift Lateral$4,116
- ProLift Lateral Fixated$4,116
- CENTRIC - T RETRACTOR$4,116
- AVATAR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SYSTEM$4,116
- Raphael Pedicle Screw System$3,000
- XIA$1,642
- Alcantara$1,306
- Spinal$1,000
- SIMpact$967
- XLIF$788
- ES2$774
- MAKO$722
How this compares
$200,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 159 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 120 | $813 |
| Meloxicam | 148 | $345 |
| Methylprednisolone | 55 | $342 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 62 | $197 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $138 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $124 |
| Mupirocin | 19 | $81 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Clearwater
- James DavidsonClearwater$272K
- Harry ShufflebargerMiami$3.5M
- Paul KellerMelbourne$3.4M
- Thomas SweeneySarasota$2.3M
- Geoffrey CronenTampa$2.2M
- James BillysOdessa$1.9M
- Samuel JosephSafety Harbor$1.8M
- Mark DekutoskiDestin$1.8M
- Farhan SiddiqiOdessa$1.7M
- Thomas ErricoMiami$1.6M
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.