Dr. Michael Harris, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Harris
Dr. Michael Harris is a sports medicine (family medicine) physician in Panama City Beach, FL, with 19 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Harris performed 5,680 Medicare services across 3,319 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Harris received a total of $2,941 from 31 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 186 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in sports medicine (family medicine) physician. 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. Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 2,009 | $81 | $170 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 638 | $1 | $5 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 418 | $56 | $120 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 327 | $25 | $55 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 324 | $78 | $118 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 313 | $0 | $2 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 309 | $18 | $50 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 303 | $125 | $155 |
| Annual depression screening | 297 | $18 | $50 |
| Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | 217 | $25 | $46 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 150 | $9 | $38 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 64 | $3 | $10 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 42 | $9 | $35 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from cell cultures, preservative and antibiotic free | 33 | $33 | $57 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 33 | $30 | $50 |
| Joint injection, major joint | 32 | $44 | $105 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 31 | $15 | $45 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow | 28 | $81 | $139 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 21 | $124 | $245 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 18 | $131 | $200 |
| 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 and | 17 | $40 | $81 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 16 | $162 | $186 |
| Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus | 15 | $32 | $87 |
| Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus | 14 | $15 | $28 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 11 | $214 | $300 |
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 (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
7.3 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. Harris is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 16% in FL), and high industry engagement (low-engagement, top 15%), with 19 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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