Anais Cortes
Internal Medicine · Miami Lakes, FLNPI 1750338364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 37.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,946 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $151 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 50 payments — averaging $99.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Merck$1K
- Coloplast$151
- Johnson & Johnson$140
- GSK$35
- plus $76 from 5 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $7627.20 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$320K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,04441%
- Food & beverage$2,95559%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 12 | $1,890 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,659 |
| Merck | 7 | $1,048 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $151 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $140 |
| GSK | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Reveal LINQ$291
- Micra$276
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$175
- Cobalt$165
- Claria MRI$162
- TITAN$151
- Azure$151
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$150
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$115
How this compares
$4,999 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sure ComfortSyringe-Needle,insulin,0.5 Ml | 15 | $361 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 13 | $268 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 26 | $157 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $81 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $63 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $55 |
| Simvastatin | 13 | $48 |
| Carvedilol | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Miami Lakes
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
- Bianka EperjesiovaGainesville$260K
- Julio ConradoFort Myers$247K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.