Antonio Vargas, APRN
Adult Health · Louisville, OHNPI 1538779442
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 186 payments — averaging $15.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$713
- Novo Nordisk$417
- Lilly USA, LLC$273
- Pfizer$225
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$152
- AstraZeneca$137
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,972100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 51 | $713 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $417 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 20 | $273 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $225 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $137 |
| GSK | 9 | $118 |
| Merck | 7 | $102 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $95 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $94 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $92 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $63 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $43 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$2,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,184 adult health providers in Ohio.
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 | 64 | $62,829 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 53 | $45,705 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 43 | $30,677 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $27,424 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 15 | $25,620 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $22,740 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $12,855 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 13 | $10,526 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 11 | $10,034 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 13 | $10,025 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 14 | $6,404 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $4,674 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 45 | $4,229 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 363 | $3,331 |
| Humulin 70/30 KwikpenInsulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 12 | $2,804 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $225 | $62,82964 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $118 | $52,10967 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Tradjenta | $95 | $47,97547 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $21 | $30,67743 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Brilinta | $137 | $27,56339 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus | $417 | $25,62015 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $273 | $22,74016 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 1,184 adult health providers in Ohio.
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- Susan FlickCleveland$131K
- Margaret TiktinCleveland$105K
- Teresa ShafferBoardman$102K
- Jesse McClainYoungstown$79K
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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.