Dr. Amit Sharma, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Sharma
Dr. Amit Sharma is an internal medicine specialist in Merritt Island, FL, with 18 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Sharma performed 3,512 Medicare services across 2,849 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Sharma received a total of $473,916 from 37 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 526 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. The majority of payments are for speaking programs and promotional activities, reflecting participation in industry-sponsored events. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Sharma 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.
Florida License Status
FL DOH · MQA| Profession | License # | Status | Expires | Board Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Doctor | 132574 | Clear | January 31, 2027 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 992 | $90 | $334 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 449 | $10 | $71 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 337 | $134 | $875 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 273 | $6 | $30 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 234 | $93 | $321 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 127 | $133 | $614 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 113 | $65 | $224 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 102 | $10 | $180 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 96 | $56 | $258 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 95 | $15 | $175 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 95 | $10 | $52 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 89 | $114 | $448 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 76 | $109 | $509 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 73 | $175 | $995 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 66 | $4 | $30 |
| Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin | 65 | $7 | $40 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with review and report by health care professional | 43 | $17 | $86 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 35 | $141 | $700 |
| Coronary stent placement | 33 | $471 | $1,765 |
| Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | 29 | $20 | $75 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 23 | $42 | $136 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 16 | $83 | $373 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 14 | $14 | $67 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 14 | $2 | $13 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 12 | $59 | $226 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician | 11 | $46 | $336 |
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 ›
The majority of payments (98%) are for speaking programs and promotional activities, which reflect participation in industry-sponsored educational or marketing events. This is common in internal medicine and does not inherently indicate bias, but patients may wish to be aware. Total industry engagement is in the top 0% for internal medicine in FL.
Geographic Context
10.6 mi
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. Sharma is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 12% in FL), with speaking/promotional industry engagement in the top 0% of FL peers, with 18 years of NPI registration.
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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