Total Payments
$148,781
2024 Payments
$20,256
Companies
7
Transactions
225
Medicare Patients
85
Medicare Billing
$7,733

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$112,530 (75.6%)
Consulting$16,463 (11.1%)
Travel$9,140 (6.1%)
Education$6,774 (4.6%)
Food & Beverage$3,874 (2.6%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $112,530 31 75.6%
Consulting Fee $16,463 7 11.1%
Travel and Lodging $9,140 34 6.1%
Education $6,774 6 4.6%
Food and Beverage $3,874 147 2.6%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Arthrex, Inc. $139,195 204 $0 (2024)
SOUTHERN EDGE ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. $5,473 5 $0 (2021)
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $2,176 11 $0 (2019)
LifeNet Health $1,555 2 $0 (2021)
Innovation Technologies Inc $150.58 1 $0 (2023)
UOC USA INC $120.06 1 $0 (2020)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $112.12 1 $0 (2019)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $20,256 36 Arthrex, Inc. ($20,256)
2023 $51,045 56 Arthrex, Inc. ($50,894)
2022 $30,358 51 Arthrex, Inc. ($30,358)
2021 $21,329 30 Arthrex, Inc. ($17,429)
2020 $9,825 21 Arthrex, Inc. ($9,144)
2019 $9,384 14 Arthrex, Inc. ($7,916)
2018 $4,800 11 Smith & Nephew, Inc. ($1,934)
2017 $1,783 6 Arthrex, Inc. ($1,669)

All Payment Transactions

225 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
07/25/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $11,812.50 General
05/05/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $410.00 General
05/04/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
05/04/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/04/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/04/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $410.00 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $238.65 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/03/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $3,150.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $238.65 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $40.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
05/02/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.00 General
01/25/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $2,362.50 General
01/22/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $410.00 General
01/21/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $410.00 General
01/21/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.00 General
01/21/2024 Arthrex, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.00 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 1 12 15 $2,895 $843.61
2021 4 51 57 $15,936 $4,823
2020 2 22 29 $6,818 $2,066
Total Patients
85
Total Services
101
Medicare Billing
$7,733
Procedure Codes
7

All Medicare Procedures & Services

7 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 12 15 $2,895 $843.61 29.1%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 16 19 $5,681 $2,039 35.9%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 11 11 $5,577 $1,307 23.4%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 11 14 $2,702 $1,012 37.4%
73564 X-ray of knee, 4 or more views Office 2021 13 13 $1,976 $465.49 23.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 11 18 $3,474 $1,096 31.5%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 11 11 $3,344 $969.92 29.0%

About Michael Baraga

Michael Baraga is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Miami, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/29/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1508067620.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Michael Baraga has received a total of $148,781 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $20,256 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 225 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($112,530).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Baraga has provided services to 85 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 101 services with total Medicare billing of $7,733. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 7 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • BIOLOGICS CONSUMABLES SOFT TISSUE REPAIR CONSTRUCT TENDON GRAFTS (Biological) $2,653
  • Quadlink (Device) $1,500
  • PINPOINT System (Device) $1,004
  • BIOSURE REGENESORB (Device) $834.03
  • TRIGEN InterTAN (Device) $177.74
  • IRRISEPT (Device) $150.58
  • U2, AiO, Disposable Trials, Conformity, U-Motion II (Device) $120.06
  • TFN ADVANCED (Device) $112.12
  • Clancy Anatomic Cruciate Guide (Device) $95.95
  • Journey II BCS (Device) $64.29
  • GraftLink (Device) $54.76

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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