Richard Berkowitz, MD
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery · Tamarac, FLNPI 1811994544
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $31,319 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $407 in 2025.
Across 105 payments — averaging $472.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$21K
- Vertex$12K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$10K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Baudax Bio Inc.$850
- plus $890 from 10 others
Across 776 payments — averaging $2260.02 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.
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$823K
- Regeneron$448K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$314K
- Zimmer Biomet$77K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$49K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$15K
- plus $28K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,89052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8502%
- Travel & lodging$19,34239%
- Food & beverage$3,5587%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 36 | $20,570 |
| Vertex | 10 | $12,034 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 5 | $10,130 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $4,153 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $1,013 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $850 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $386 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $164 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
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.
- HTX-011$3,649
- EZOUT$1,816
- ANJESO$850
- Joint Reconstruction$484
- ACCOLADE$320
- ORTHOMAP$293
- Joint Arthoplasty$174
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$169
- STRYKER NAV3$167
- Genflex2 Total Knee System$156
- Legacy Stelkast Knee$156
- TRIATHLON$144
- SECUR-FIT$128
- MAKO$126
- ROSA$104
How this compares
$49,641 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 96 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 89 | $47,084 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 368 | $3,717 |
| Cephalexin | 274 | $2,787 |
| Celecoxib | 41 | $627 |
| Methylprednisolone Acetate | 16 | $464 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 203 | $452 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 36 | $323 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 34 | $247 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $104 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $62 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $44 | $47,08489 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 96 adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery providers in Florida.
Other adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery in Tamarac
- Kojo MarfoTamarac$10K
- Carlos LaverniaMiami$5.4M
- Juan SuarezMiami$3.9M
- John RedmondJacksonville$987K
- Gavan DuffyJacksonville$543K
- Timothy van de LeurSummerfield$511K
- Edward StolarskiSarasota$445K
- Andrew NoblePalm Beach Gardens$308K
- Raul GostheMiami$252K
- Chancellor GrayGainesville$228K
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.