Carolyn Ortiz
Family · Dallas, TXNPI 1235701723
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 79 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $773, 7.4 times the $104 reported in 2022.
Across 79 payments — averaging $23.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alk-abello, Inc$318
- AstraZeneca$267
- Corcept Therapeutics$241
- Amgen$230
- Novo Nordisk$190
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$125
- plus $456 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,828100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alk-abello, Inc | 21 | $318 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $267 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 9 | $241 |
| Amgen | 8 | $230 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $190 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $43 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metformin Hcl | 20 | $68 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $59 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Dallas
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
- Marcia HarrisDallas$156K
- Miles HortonDallas$72K
- Natasha SimmonsDallas$38K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
- Jill CampbellShenandoah$182K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.