Valerie Mitchell, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Palmetto Bay, FLNPI 1154590131
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $316, 2.5 times the $124 reported in 2021. Among nurse anesthetist, certified registered 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 40 payments — averaging $23.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$655
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$124
- Banner Life Sciences, LLC$46
- BD$38
- Amgen$27
- Merck$25
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$929100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 33 | $655 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- NURTEC ODT$124
- QULIPTA$110
- UBRELVY$110
How this compares
$929 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,234 nurse anesthetist, certified registered 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.
Other nurse anesthetist, certified registered in Palmetto Bay
- Vicky JohnsonSarasota$382K
- Jonathan KlineWesley Chapel$218K
- Erik RauchSt Petersburg$83K
- Ryann LaveniaFort Myers$71K
- John YoungTampa$56K
- Michelle AlleMiami$54K
- Nicholas AngelisPensacola$28K
- Laura GallagherFort Lauderdale$25K
- Mary MartinSt Augustine$25K
- John McDonoughJacksonville$18K
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.