Paul Wu, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Oakland Park, FLNPI 1619183332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.1%), travel and lodging and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7%. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,967 and has fallen 76.3% since, to $702 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 85 payments — averaging $103.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nevro Corp.$579
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$164
- plus $723 from 9 others
Across 160 payments — averaging $1887.98 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.
- Seikagaku Corporation$119K
- Boston Scientific$100K
- Nevro Corp.$45K
- Abbott$25K
- Curonix LLC$6K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$4K
- plus $2K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,93145%
- Food & beverage$4,68453%
- Education$931%
- Entertainment$1051%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 14 | $2,091 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $2,045 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 10 | $1,988 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $1,225 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $579 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Stryker | 2 | $157 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $151 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $105 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $94 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $93 |
| Abbott | 4 | $75 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Intracept$6,835
- Evoke$1,896
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,705
- Omnia$237
- OPTABLATE$132
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$122
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$109
- Stimrouter for pain$105
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$100
How this compares
$8,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 618 physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 57 | $62,625 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,046 | $38,627 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 29 | $22,259 |
| RoxicodoneOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $14,437 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 536 | $12,717 |
| Buprenorphine | 26 | $8,041 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 293 | $7,553 |
| Gabapentin | 317 | $5,594 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 73 | $3,796 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 11 | $3,582 |
| Lidocaine | 20 | $2,115 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 47 | $2,013 |
| Pregabalin | 87 | $1,765 |
| Fentanyl | 18 | $1,521 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 218 | $1,487 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Oakland Park
- Anthony GiuffridaFort Lauderdale$271K
- Ryan HafnerSarasota$164K
- Cassandra ListJacksonville$154K
- Marissa McCarthyTampa$94K
- Jose Medina SanchezTampa$30K
- Alan MillerFernandina Beach$26K
- Anish SoniNaples$25K
- Jose de la TorreWesley Chapel$23K
- Kaivalya DeshpandeMiami$22K
- Ryan RamsookTallahassee$21K
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.