Avneet Vig
Rheumatology · Miami, FLNPI 1750672200
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 153 payments — averaging $88.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$11K
- Johnson & Johnson$900
- GSK$571
- AbbVie$434
- Amgen$310
- Radius Health, Inc.$162
- plus $505 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35512%
- Grants$2408%
- Food & beverage$2,33880%
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 | 8 | $10,720 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 77 | $900 |
| GSK | 13 | $571 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $434 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $310 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 8 | $162 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 7 | $146 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Organon | 3 | $62 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 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
$13,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 13 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Miami
- Marimer Rensoli VelazquezMiami$12.2M
- Rawan JumeanMiami$1.6M
- Elana ObersteinMiami$1M
- Gary SterbaMiami$883K
- Azarel AbinaderMiami$689K
- Michael WeitzMiami$673K
- Joseph la ContiMiami$661K
- Dana AschermanMiami$491K
- Martha Hernandez IllasFort Lauderdale$25M
- Carlos SesinMiami Beach$19M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.