Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Erica George-Saintilus, MD

Family Medicine · Fort Walton Beach, FL
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology— Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
Low-engagement
1005 MAR WALT DRIVE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
8508636600
In practice since 2007 (18 years)
NPI: 1679771281 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. George-Saintilus from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. George-Saintilus

Dr. Erica George-Saintilus is a family medicine in Fort Walton Beach, FL, with 18 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. George-Saintilus performed 6,791 Medicare services across 2,397 unique beneficiaries.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. George-Saintilus received a total of $13,593 from 60 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 711 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family 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. George-Saintilus 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.

✓ 18 years in practice▲ Top 4% volume in FL$ $13,593 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary

Medicare Utilization ↗
6,791
Medicare services
Top 4% in FL for family medicine
2,397
Unique beneficiaries
$53
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · Not a quality rating · How to read this →
~377 Medicare services per year of practice

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.

ProcedureVolumeAvg. paidAvg. submitted
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)2,601$89$175
Dexamethasone injection (steroid)1,351$0$0
Chronic care management, first 20 min/month1,057$48$100
Drug injection, under skin or into muscle314$11$35
Annual wellness visit, follow-up217$126$260
Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes167$26$40
Ceftriaxone antibiotic injection133$0$6
Flu vaccine administration132$24$25
Flu vaccine, high-dose122$72$75
Urinalysis, manual120$3$5
Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg115$0$2
New patient office visit (45-59 min)96$103$250
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and72$41$75
Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a53$33$50
Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead45$11$25
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity45$197$250
Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes42$25$25
Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems38$3$10
Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min)33$143$250
Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes13$14$32
Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment13$166$250
Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from recombinant dna12$72$75
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. A higher procedure volume generally indicates more experience with that procedure.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$13,593
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $1,942/year across 7 years
Top 2% in FL for family medicine
60
Companies
711
Individual payments
All payments are legal and publicly reported · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment profile

Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.

Meals & Travel
Food, beverages, travel, and lodging — typically low-value
$13,498 (99.3%)
Speaking / Promotional
Speaker programs, honoraria, and industry-sponsored educational events
$95 (0.7%)

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$1,996
2023
$2,189
2022
$2,539
2021
$2,304
2020
$1,873
2019
$1,819
2018
$873

Payments by company (2024)

Consulting
Speaking
Meals & Travel
Research
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$1,990
Novo Nordisk Inc
$1,760
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$1,660
Amgen Inc.
$1,092
Lilly USA, LLC
$1,059
Grifols USA, LLC
$900
ABBVIE INC.
$432
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$427
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
$370
PFIZER INC.
$368
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$254
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$240
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$232
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$201
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
$182
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$153
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$147
AbbVie Inc.
$138
Eisai Inc.
$137
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$127
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$122
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$118
Acclarent, Inc
$117
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$111
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$105
Corcept Therapeutics
$104
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
$93
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
$74
Abbott Laboratories
$70
Medtronic, Inc.
$54
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$49
Dexcom, Inc.
$48
Exact Sciences Corporation
$44
AbbVie, Inc.
$44
Lundbeck LLC
$41
Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$40
Philips Electronics North America Corporation
$37
Seqirus USA Inc
$33
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC
$30
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.
$29
Insmed, Inc.
$28
SANOFI PASTEUR INC.
$27
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
$24
Mylan Specialty L.P.
$24
EISAI INC.
$21
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$20
HARMONY BIOSCIENCES LLC
$20
Averitas Pharma Inc.
$20
Hologic, LLC
$18
ConvaTec Inc.
$17
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$17
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
$16
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$15
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
$15
Mannkind Corporation
$14
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA
$14
Boston Scientific Corporation
$14
Genentech USA, Inc.
$14
Acerta Pharma LLC
$12
Allergan Inc.
$11
Top 3 companies account for 39.8% of total payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
AFREZZA · AIMOVIG · AIRSUPRA · APTIOM · AVYCAZ · Acclarent Aera · Aimovig · Arikayce · BASAGLAR · BELSOMRA · BREO · BREZTRI · BREZTRI AEROSPHERE · BROVANA · CALQUENCE · CHANTIX · COLOGUARD DNA CAPTURE REAGENTS · Cologuard Collection Kit · DIFICID · Dayvigo · Descovy · Dexcom G6 Transmitter · ELIQUIS · EMGALITY · ENTRESTO · EVENITY · FARXIGA · FLUCELVAX QUADRIVALENT · FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE · FREESTYLE LIBRE 2 · FREESTYLE LIBRE 3 · FreeStyle Libre 2 · GEMTESA · GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT · Humira · INNOVAMATRIX AC · INPEN SMART INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM · INVOKANA · InPen · JANUVIA · JARDIANCE · Kerendia · Korlym · LEQVIO · LONHALA MAGNAIR · LifeVest · MENACTRA · MOUNJARO · Minimed 670G System · NUEDEXTA · NURTEC ODT · Otezla · Ozempic · PREVNAR - 13 · Prolastin-C · Prolastin-C Liquid · Prolia · QULIPTA · QUTENZA · QUVIVIQ · RELISTOR · REXULTI · RYBELSUS · Ryaltris · Rybelsus · SEGLENTIS · SHINGRIX · SOLIQUA · SOLIQUA 100/33 · STIOLTO RESPIMAT · SUNOSI · SYMBICORT · Santyl · Saxenda · THINPREP 2000 PROCESSOR · TOUJEO · TRELEGY ELLIPTA · TRULANCE · TRULICITY · Tresiba · Trilogy 100 · UBRELVY · VERQUVO · VOQUEZNA · VRAYLAR · Vascepa · Veozah · Vivjoa · Wakix · Wegovy · XARELTO · XIFAXAN · Xofluza · YUPELRI · inCourage
Should you be concerned? Payments from pharmaceutical and device companies are legal and common — 57% of U.S. physicians receive at least one. They often reflect legitimate consulting, research, or education. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →

Most payments (99%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 2% for family medicine in FL.

Equivalent to $200 per 100 Medicare services performed
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Geographic Context

Family Medicines within 10 mi
157
Per 100K population
73.3
County median income
$79,097
Nearest hospital
HCA FLORIDA FORT WALTON-DESTIN HOSPITAL
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPESWeekly updates
Medicare Enrollment PECOSMonthly updates
Practice Data Medicare Util.Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open PaymentsCY 2024
Disciplinary History— Not publicN/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. George-Saintilus is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 2%), with 18 years of practice experience.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. George-Saintilus experienced with office visit, established patient (30-39 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. George-Saintilus performed 2,601 office visit, established patient (30-39 min) services. Research suggests that higher procedure volume is often associated with better outcomes, particularly for complex procedures. Note that Medicare data only captures patients aged 65 and older, so the total practice volume across all patients is likely higher.
Does Dr. George-Saintilus receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. George-Saintilus received a total of $13,593 from 60 companies across 711 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common among physicians — 57% of all U.S. physicians receive at least one industry payment. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. George-Saintilus's costs compare to other family medicines in Fort Walton Beach?
Dr. George-Saintilus's average Medicare payment per service is $53. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. George-Saintilus) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating a long track record of practice, Medicare participation, and industry disclosure. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Each data source has its own update cycle. Provider registry data (NPPES) is updated weekly. Medicare enrollment (PECOS) is updated monthly. Medicare practice data has a ~2 year lag — the most recent available is typically 2 years prior. Industry payment data (Open Payments) is published annually, usually in June, covering the prior calendar year. We display the data date prominently on each section so you always know how current it is. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

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.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. The Transparency Score measures data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Payments from industry are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →