Dr. Oliver Abela, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Abela
Dr. Oliver Abela is an internal medicine in Fort Myers, FL, with 15 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Abela performed 1,521 Medicare services across 1,118 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Abela received a total of $64,983 from 57 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 678 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Abela is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKG interpretation and report | 376 | $6 | $75 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 203 | $123 | $534 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 148 | $95 | $361 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 96 | $140 | $574 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 82 | $10 | $39 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 77 | $136 | $526 |
| Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | 70 | $20 | $78 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 67 | $11 | $44 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 43 | $86 | $382 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 42 | $195 | $904 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 41 | $6 | $22 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 38 | $19 | $75 |
| Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 38 | $356 | $1,345 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 30 | $2 | $10 |
| New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) | 30 | $153 | $660 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 22 | $23 | $90 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 21 | $48 | $208 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 19 | $20 | $77 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 19 | $14 | $53 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 18 | $336 | $1,270 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 16 | $84 | $317 |
| Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 13 | $280 | $1,148 |
| Removal of plaque and blood clot, insertion of stent and/or balloon dilation of single vessel | 12 | $543 | $2,056 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (51%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 1% for internal medicine in FL.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Abela is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 27% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 1%), with 15 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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