Russell Simon, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Atlantis, FLNPI 1518498526
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.1% of the total across 25 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $534, more than ten times the $48 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $2,774.
Across 25 payments — averaging $36.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$200
- Boston Scientific$139
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$91
- Corcept Therapeutics$75
- Bayer$68
- Heartflow, Inc.$58
- plus $288 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$82990%
- Education$9110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3 | $200 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $139 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $75 |
| Bayer | 3 | $68 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $51 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $48 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $42 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $25 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $23 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $18 |
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.
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$154
- Watchman$139
How this compares
$920 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease 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.
Other cardiovascular disease in Atlantis
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
- Vijay HaryaniVero Beach$413K
- Neel PatelMaitland$392K
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.