Alfredo Huerta
Family Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1356398754
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 173 payments — averaging $19.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$639
- Novo Nordisk$459
- Amgen$372
- Merck$113
- Boehringer Ingelheim$110
- plus $601 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,375100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 43 | $1,081 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 34 | $639 |
| Novo Nordisk | 32 | $459 |
| Amgen | 20 | $372 |
| Merck | 8 | $113 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $110 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $77 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $77 |
| Abbott | 3 | $61 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $50 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $43 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $34 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- FARXIGA$110
How this compares
$3,375 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 36 | $35,179 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $17,776 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $16,684 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 13 | $5,719 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 410 | $4,330 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 116 | $3,556 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | 108 | $3,090 |
| Valsartan | 34 | $2,084 |
| Metformin Hcl | 299 | $1,993 |
| Ezetimibe | 37 | $1,704 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $1,626 |
| Lisinopril | 168 | $1,557 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 14 | $1,555 |
| Losartan Potassium | 109 | $1,337 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 71 | $1,218 |
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 | $459 | $35,17936 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $77 | $17,77617 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $110 | $16,68413 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta | $23 | $5,71913 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $43 | $39922 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 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Houston
- Lisa HollowayHouston$30.1M
- Veronica FragosoHouston$24.5M
- Bonnie ColvilleHouston$19.6M
- Oscar de ValleHouston$12.8M
- van TranHouston$11M
- Joe PouzarHouston$10.7M
- Aalia Al-BarwaniHouston$6.8M
- Terence ChangHouston$3.3M
- Douglas DenhamSan Antonio$68.5M
- Vicki MillerPasadena$58.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.