Augusto Posadas
Rheumatology · Tucson, AZNPI 1124036371
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $49,366 of the $80,756 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $55,359 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $5,848 in 2022.
Across 673 payments — averaging $119.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$22K
- Sanofi$16K
- Novartis$12K
- UCB, Inc.$8K
- Gilead$7K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- plus $11K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,27515%
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,36661%
- Travel & lodging$7,2279%
- Food & beverage$11,88115%
- Education$70%
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 | 103 | $21,628 |
| Sanofi | 43 | $16,362 |
| Novartis | 42 | $12,065 |
| UCB, Inc. | 31 | $7,622 |
| Gilead | 14 | $7,474 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 18 | $4,861 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $4,126 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 142 | $2,023 |
| Pfizer | 74 | $942 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $668 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $546 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 36 | $512 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $494 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 25 | $308 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 16 | $287 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 15 | $199 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $179 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $92 |
| GSK | 5 | $85 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $26 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$80,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 102 rheumatology providers in Arizona.
Other rheumatology in Tucson
- Michael MaricicTucson$110K
- Romy CabacunganTucson$26K
- Jeffrey LoomerTucson$21K
- Ulker TokTucson$20K
- Jawad BilalTucson$19K
- Chian KwohTucson$12K
- Berchman VazTucson$9K
- James EvansTucson$5K
- Shannon HoweTucson$4K
- Albert RedfordTucson$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.