Arlene Ortega, NP
Nurse Practitioner · San Diego, CANPI 1740708700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $92,043 of the $135,059 with a category attached, or 68.2%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 35.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $72,200, more than ten times the $329 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 258 payments — averaging $523.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$47K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$34K
- AstraZeneca$28K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$12K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$7K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$4K
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,0476%
- Speaking & faculty fees$92,04368%
- Travel & lodging$24,75418%
- Food & beverage$10,0207%
- Education$1960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 75 | $47,363 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 51 | $33,913 |
| AstraZeneca | 65 | $28,141 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 16 | $12,059 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $6,895 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 10 | $3,829 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $331 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $305 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $296 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $254 |
| Bayer | 2 | $245 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $210 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $153 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $122 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| Gilead | 1 | $47 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
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
$135,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,779 nurse practitioner providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $22,245 |
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $9,200 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 11 | $5,168 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 42 | $419 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 13 | $174 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon | $210 | $22,24514 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $331 | $9,20014 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 95th percentile of 6,779 nurse practitioner providers in California.
Other nurse practitioner in San Diego
- Angelina CollinsSan Diego$356K
- Madison ShreeveSan Diego$310K
- Stacey RossSan Diego$43K
- Timothy LazarekSan Diego$37K
- Melanie McGillowaySan Diego$33K
- Jeremy FlowersSan Diego$26K
- Rhonda HewittStanford$917K
- Linda TrinhIrvine$884K
- Denise SinagaNorthridge$728K
- Debbie TaySanta Monica$642K
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.