Agustin Tavares, MD
Internal Medicine · Lakeland, FLNPI 1588636393
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 366 payments — averaging $15.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$770
- Lilly USA, LLC$717
- Amgen$565
- Pfizer$290
- Novartis$278
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$150%
- Food & beverage$5,505100%
- Education$120%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 72 | $1,015 |
| AbbVie | 62 | $770 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 48 | $717 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 37 | $565 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $290 |
| Novartis | 16 | $278 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $226 |
| Bayer | 12 | $223 |
| Merck | 8 | $155 |
| GSK | 7 | $142 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $141 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $123 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $50 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $38 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $36 |
| Abbott | 2 | $32 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 6 | $23 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Repatha$125
How this compares
$5,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 200 | $165,576 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 131 | $130,983 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 70 | $103,743 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 200 | $61,693 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 40 | $59,704 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 47 | $50,840 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 47 | $40,682 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 39 | $39,207 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 61 | $38,296 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 28 | $33,491 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $32,017 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 29 | $27,969 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 123 | $26,993 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 40 | $26,855 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 22 | $18,752 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,015 | $234,726201 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $290 | $165,576200 claims |
| GSKArexvy, Shingrix, Trelegy Ellipta | $142 | $106,246344 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $717 | $78,80976 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $155 | $72,69967 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $38 | $59,70440 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $226 | $45,89163 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $770 | $44,211148 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $278 | $18,75222 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $50 | $13,44613 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $48 | $11,86922 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Lakeland
- Yaneicy Gonzalez RojasCoral Gables$93.5M
- Juan Carlos RondonHollywood$66.8M
- Jaynier MoyaPembroke Pines$45.4M
- Mark KutnerMiami$35.7M
- Gilberto JimenezHialeah$35.6M
- Mira BaronWest Palm Beach$29.6M
- William SanchezHialeah$28.9M
- Nelia Sanchez-CrespoHollywood$28.8M
- Kwabena AyesuOrlando$27.6M
- Michael DeverWindermere$24M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.