Carlos Alonso, MD
Rheumatology · Miami, FLNPI 1043223902
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 739 payments — averaging $21.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Novartis$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- GSK$898
- plus $6K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,898100%
- Education$300%
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 | 102 | $2,698 |
| Novartis | 106 | $2,342 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 97 | $2,186 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 55 | $1,238 |
| UCB, Inc. | 54 | $1,045 |
| GSK | 40 | $898 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 34 | $799 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 40 | $689 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 44 | $659 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $552 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 23 | $430 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 19 | $414 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 18 | $371 |
| Sobi, Inc | 17 | $312 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $205 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $130 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Organon | 7 | $110 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $66 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $51 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $33 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Alvogen Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
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
$15,928 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 453 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 160 | $911,983 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 147 | $627,625 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 83 | $531,561 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 64 | $439,121 |
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 36 | $254,646 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 38 | $237,142 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 133 | $232,979 |
| Simponi AriaGolimumab | 30 | $224,767 |
| SimponiGolimumab | 32 | $219,222 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 40 | $150,997 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 30 | $141,923 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 13 | $111,785 |
| OrenciaAbatacept/Maltose | 26 | $111,420 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 13 | $109,499 |
| Cimzia (2 Pack)Certolizumab Pegol | 19 | $109,416 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Savella | $2,698 | $549,609106 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonSimponi Aria, Simponi, Remicade | $1,238 | $504,40177 claims |
| AmgenProlia, Enbrel, Avsola | $2,186 | $367,503157 claims |
| Genentech, Inc.Actemra | $21 | $150,99740 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $898 | $141,92330 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Orencia | $430 | $111,42026 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Cimzia (2 Pack) | $1,045 | $109,41619 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $205 | $62,82914 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 60th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.