Morad Askari, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Coral Gables, FLNPI 1174715551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.7%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerecis Limited at 25.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,292 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $2,629 in 2025.
Across 249 payments — averaging $145.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$9K
- Arthrex$5K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$5K
- AbbVie$5K
- KCI USA, Inc.$3K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$1K
- plus $8K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,40015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,25023%
- Travel & lodging$2,8658%
- Food & beverage$15,82844%
- Education$3,80911%
- Entertainment$970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 7 | $9,071 |
| Arthrex | 22 | $5,478 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 39 | $5,128 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 39 | $4,515 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 7 | $2,812 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 6 | $1,431 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 23 | $1,376 |
| Smith+Nephew | 32 | $1,206 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 11 | $1,026 |
| Axogen | 7 | $579 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 13 | $569 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 5 | $366 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $295 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $280 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $215 |
| BD | 1 | $181 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $170 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $156 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| TEI Medical Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Stryker | 1 | $134 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $109 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $85 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sonex Health, 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.
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$18,935
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$16,214
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$8,935
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$2,250
- PANTA NAIL$2,250
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$2,250
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$2,250
- ALLODERM$2,193
- VAC VERAFLO$1,600
- BIODRESTORE$1,151
- BIODOPTIX$1,151
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$1,087
- BIOFIX$1,024
- MEDIHONEY$1,024
- BIODFACTOR$1,024
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$934
- PREVENA$800
- PRIMATRIX$738
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$466
- Ovitex$441
How this compares
$36,249 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 60 surgery of the hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Coral Gables
- Thomas WrightGainesville$4.1M
- David ShenassaPlantation$109K
- Antonio GayosoSt Petersburg$65K
- Robert GrahamJacksonville Beach$62K
- David FriedmanWeston$42K
- Karan DesaiWinter Garden$39K
- Jose BorreroAltamonte Springs$35K
- Francisco Schwartz-FernandesOcala$26K
- David HalpernTampa$19K
- Jacob JabbourMiami$16K
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.