Armando Acosta Ruiz
Family · Homestead, FLNPI 1013334333
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 712 payments — averaging $16.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Pfizer$852
- Bayer$632
- GSK$629
- plus $6K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,886100%
- Education$40%
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 | 119 | $1,813 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 82 | $1,229 |
| AstraZeneca | 61 | $1,111 |
| Pfizer | 50 | $852 |
| Bayer | 35 | $632 |
| GSK | 33 | $629 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $564 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 29 | $488 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 32 | $484 |
| Novo Nordisk | 24 | $460 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 39 | $443 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 20 | $340 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 16 | $307 |
| Novartis | 17 | $303 |
| Merck | 18 | $288 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 15 | $287 |
| Abbott | 16 | $285 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 7 | $191 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $139 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $130 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $122 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $72 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $62 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $52 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $41 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Alvogen Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 2 | $29 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$11,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 14,618 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 117 | $151,920 |
| EliquisApixaban | 121 | $93,738 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 80 | $86,492 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 79 | $78,372 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 52 | $60,624 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 56 | $47,496 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 45 | $42,469 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 30 | $34,593 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 31 | $32,847 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 37 | $28,971 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 29 | $28,895 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 15 | $24,723 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $23,129 |
| LivaloPitavastatin Calcium | 28 | $21,511 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 21 | $16,773 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Trijardy Xr | $340 | $207,286184 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,229 | $119,338111 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $852 | $93,738121 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $460 | $92,40492 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,111 | $70,18267 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Synthroid | $1,813 | $55,49665 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $629 | $42,46945 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $288 | $34,59330 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $303 | $28,97137 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $564 | $23,12932 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $443 | $21,51128 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 14,618 family providers in Florida.
Other family in Homestead
- John HuffakerVenice$8M
- Stephanie MompointMiami$4.5M
- Miguel TrujilloMiami Gardens$4.4M
- Itsel Cardenas RamonMiami$1M
- Lewis HarringtonTampa$954K
- Adam StrosbergFort Lauderdale$859K
- Danielle PharesFt Lauderdale$713K
- David RodriguezHialeah$658K
- Donna OrtizOrlando$417K
- Patrick SzarazMiami$327K
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.