Michael Wertheim, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1982643474
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $68,828 of the $106,242 with a category attached, or 64.8%. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.6%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $51,033 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $83 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 955 payments — averaging $111.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$24K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$9K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$9K
- Seagen Inc.$9K
- Amgen$9K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$8K
- plus $38K from 54 others
Across 212 payments — averaging $3192.60 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.
- EMD Serono, Inc.$445K
- Array Biopharma Inc$120K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$69K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$29K
- Incyte Corporation$13K
- Bayer$661
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,32218%
- Speaking & faculty fees$68,82865%
- Travel & lodging$1,6032%
- Food & beverage$14,63514%
- Education$5731%
- Other$1,2801%
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.
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
$106,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 694 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxyurea | 11 | $313 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Fort Myers
- Anamika KatochFort Myers$225K
- Martin DietrichRockledge$6.2M
- Mark SocinskiOrlando$2.4M
- Tarek MekhailOrlando$2.2M
- Edgardo SantosFort Lauderdale$2M
- Daniel LandauOrlando$1.8M
- Wassim McHaylehAltamonte Springs$1.5M
- Edith PerezJacksonville$1.1M
- Steven FeinMiami$1M
- Vamsidhar VelchetiJacksonville$966K
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.