Russell Weisz, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Delray Beach, FLNPI 1639198567
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,533 and has fallen 77.5% since, to $794 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $89.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acell, Inc.$2K
- Aap Implants Inc$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$935
- Zimmer Biomet$407
- plus $2K from 24 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $9900.00 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,30015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$96011%
- Travel & lodging$96311%
- Food & beverage$4,39550%
- Education$85010%
- Other$3264%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $1,810 |
| Aap Implants Inc | 4 | $1,404 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,161 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $1,031 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $935 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $407 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $326 |
| US Implant Solutions, LLC | 2 | $268 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 4 | $252 |
| Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $162 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $157 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $86 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $17 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- aap$800
- NA$282
- INTEGRA$181
- HOFFMANN$167
- Xperience$157
- BlastX$157
- NCB$150
- INSIGNIA$148
- ACell$145
- TFN ADVANCED$133
- TFN-Advance$103
How this compares
$8,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,263 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $364 |
| Methylprednisolone | 41 | $269 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 45 | $230 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 68 | $146 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $112 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Delray Beach
- Andrew CooperClearwater$102M
- Richard HynesMelbourne$34.8M
- Mark FrankleTemple Terrace$31M
- Roy SandersTemple Terrace$19.6M
- George HaidukewychOrlando$10M
- Robert SantrockFernandina Beach$7.3M
- Martin RocheFt. Lauderdale$7.1M
- Steven LyonsTampa$6.7M
- Thomas BernasekTemple Terrace$6.4M
- Bryan SpringerJacksonville$6.3M
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.