Sidney Swartz
Pain Medicine · Stuart, FLNPI 1770518524
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 102 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 50.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,631 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $136 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $31.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$450
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$142
- Medtronic$136
- Vertiflex, Inc.$135
- Novo Nordisk$125
- plus $570 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,176100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 56 | $1,617 |
| Nevro Corp. | 15 | $450 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $136 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $110 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $79 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $75 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Stryker | 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.
How this compares
$3,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 596 pain medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diazepam | 49 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Stuart
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
- Mark-Friedrich HurdleJacksonville$140K
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Stephen PylesOcala$115K
- Orlando FloreteJacksonville$86K
- Michael GreeneMiddleburg$73K
- Nicholas BremerFernandina Beach$66K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.