Tom Minas, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · West Palm Beach, FLNPI 1396839650
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,162,261 of the $2,468,413 with a category attached, or 87.6%. Conformis, Inc. accounts for 85.8% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $642,066 and has fallen 62.6% since, to $240,246 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 248 payments — averaging $9953.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Conformis, Inc.$2.1M
- Restor3d, Inc.$232K
- Vericel Corporation$115K
- Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc.$778
- Smith+Nephew$734
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$433
- plus $699 from 18 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $7328.04 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.
- Aesculap Biologics, LLC$120K
- Vericel Corporation$56K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$231,3499%
- Consulting fees$2,162,26188%
- Speaking & faculty fees$59,4332%
- Travel & lodging$9,2140%
- Food & beverage$6,1560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conformis, Inc. | 30 | $2,118,331 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 10 | $232,078 |
| Vericel Corporation | 133 | $115,358 |
| Joint Restoration Foundation, Inc. | 3 | $778 |
| Smith+Nephew | 48 | $734 |
| Aesculap Biologics, LLC | 4 | $433 |
| Episurf Medical, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Axogen | 1 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $38 |
| Stryker | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $14 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- iTotal, iUni, iDuo, Hip$610,234
- iTotal, Identity CR, iUni$476,101
- iTotal CR$462,954
- iTotal, Identity CR$462,954
- iTotal Identity PS$365,165
- iTotal Identity Cruciate Retaining Knee Replacement System$164,920
- Identity Imprint Knee Replacement System$118,342
- MACI$113,701
- NOVOCART 3D$392
- Identity Imprint CR$149
- Identity Imprint PS$149
How this compares
$2,468,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $253 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in West Palm Beach
- Dror PaleyWest Palm Beach$3.1M
- Stephen QuinnanWest Palm Beach$739K
- 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
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.