David Hevert, MD
Internal Medicine · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1184700775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 409 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 55 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among internal medicine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 409 payments — averaging $22.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$855
- Amgen$807
- Pfizer$662
- Novartis$594
- GSK$520
- plus $5K from 49 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$200%
- Food & beverage$9,17199%
- Education$220%
- Gifts$180%
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.
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.
- XARELTO$474
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$358
- REXULTI$244
- BREZTRI$243
- Repatha$234
- ENTRESTO$233
- VERQUVO$222
- AVEIR$180
- Cleerly Ischemia$171
- Cleerly Labs$171
- FFRct$145
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- UBRELVY$124
- Advisa$120
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$114
How this compares
$9,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 278 | $210,505 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 106 | $119,940 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 227 | $96,645 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 75 | $61,634 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 102 | $50,868 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 73 | $48,636 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 27 | $42,022 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 35 | $34,654 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 52 | $34,353 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 56 | $33,772 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 37 | $32,445 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 27 | $30,790 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 47 | $24,539 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 24 | $23,988 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 24 | $19,453 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $662 | $210,505278 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Procrit | $1,061 | $131,299262 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $114 | $119,940106 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Arexvy, Shingrix | $520 | $65,741132 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr | $191 | $62,53181 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $594 | $61,63475 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $14 | $45,33870 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $106 | $42,02227 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $32 | $32,44537 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid, Namzaric | $855 | $25,61397 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $327 | $24,53947 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $122 | $23,98824 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 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Boca Raton
- Richard MarquesBoca Raton$42K
- Viraj ShahBoca Raton$37K
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
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.