Vic Velanovich
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acell, Inc. at 53.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $26,798 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $1,610 in 2025. Among 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 110 payments — averaging $771.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acell, Inc.$46K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$30K
- Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited$3K
- Davol Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 110 payments — averaging $3367.78 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.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$157K
- Acell, Inc.$98K
- AbbVie$96K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$14K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,03631%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,61555%
- Travel & lodging$10,48312%
- Food & beverage$1,7672%
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. | 41 | $45,712 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 47 | $30,167 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 4 | $2,640 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $2,062 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $1,406 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 2 | $1,400 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $644 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $69 |
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.
- PRIMATRIX$23,651
- INTEGRA$22,266
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$14,478
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$14,478
- SURGIMEND$3,627
- XARACOLL$2,640
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$1,623
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$969
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$519
- GATTEX$250
- HemoBlast Bellows$175
- Signia$170
- LINX Reflux Management System$168
- SPYGLASS$125
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$114
How this compares
$84,901 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,569 surgery providers in Florida.
Other surgery in Tampa
- Amit TaggarTampa$1.4M
- Richard DiciccoTampa$964K
- Christopher DucoinTampa$808K
- Salvatore DocimoTampa$537K
- Sharona RossTampa$271K
- Vernon SondakTampa$220K
- Adham SaadTampa$167K
- Colby ClarkTampa$110K
- Iswanto SucandyTampa$103K
- Joseph SujkaTampa$101K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.