Richard Amato, PA
Surgical · Pensacola, FLNPI 1053368035
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,372 of the $5,138 with a category attached, or 65.6%. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.5%. Among surgical 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 58 payments — averaging $88.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CGG Medical Inc$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$932
- Atricure, Inc.$821
- Medtronic$431
- Abiomed$390
- Edwards Lifesciences$345
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,76634%
- Food & beverage$3,37266%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CGG Medical Inc | 10 | $1,054 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $932 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $821 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $431 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $390 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $345 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $328 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $283 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Abbott | 1 | $115 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $89 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $71 |
| BD | 1 | $50 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 1 | $16 |
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
$5,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,018 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone Hcl | 16 | $78 |
| Potassium Chloride | 14 | $72 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $60 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 24 | $45 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $40 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Pensacola
- Matthew HammondPensacola$8K
- Aaron SookhooBrandon$742K
- Jessica McCarrySt Petersburg$445K
- Harmony ChurchTallahassee$265K
- Pamela LiggettMiami$120K
- Stephanie CarrollPalm Beach Gardens$114K
- Christina NauglePalm Beach Gardens$96K
- Kathleen McMichaelClearwater$96K
- Michael SullivanSarasota$91K
- Dana ZeitlerNaples$73K
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.