Vania Fernandez, MD
Pain Medicine · Hollywood, FLNPI 1124229497
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $35,230 of the $45,642 with a category attached, or 77.2%. BD accounts for 77.2% of it on its own, with 33 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $20,318 and has fallen 88.3% since, to $2,383 in 2025. Among pain medicine 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 193 payments — averaging $236.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BD$35K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Abbott$491
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$380
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,23077%
- Travel & lodging$2,8216%
- Food & beverage$7,59117%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 3 | $35,230 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $4,195 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 39 | $1,972 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 11 | $1,088 |
| Abbott | 34 | $491 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $380 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $338 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $293 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $204 |
| Stryker | 1 | $150 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $130 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $112 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $106 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 3 | $104 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $96 |
| Amgen | 4 | $58 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $51 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Merck | 1 | $36 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Interventional Pain Technologies Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- BD Intelliport$33,970
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,470
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$859
- INTELLIS$620
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$432
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$291
- WATCHMAN FLX$156
- ZTLido$151
- XIA$150
- SPRINT PNS System$141
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$125
- Intracept$118
- Tymlos$115
- mild Device Kit$113
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$109
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$101
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$101
How this compares
$45,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 596 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 23 | $51,181 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 15 | $10,314 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 11 | $6,727 |
| Fentanyl | 23 | $4,159 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $3,461 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 43 | $3,430 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 85 | $1,255 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 43 | $979 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $852 |
| Gabapentin | 74 | $642 |
| Ibuprofen | 97 | $614 |
| Pregabalin | 84 | $456 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 72 | $254 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $246 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 14 | $199 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta Er, Xtampza Er, Nucynta | $110 | $68,22249 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 596 pain medicine providers in Florida.
Other pain medicine in Hollywood
- Luis EscobarHollywood$33K
- Mark AbumoussaHollywood$30K
- Leon AnijarHollywood$20K
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
- Mark-Friedrich HurdleJacksonville$140K
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Stephen PylesOcala$115K
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.