Debbie Hernandez
Family · Palestine, TXNPI 1831714856
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 352 payments — averaging $20.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$890
- Lilly USA, LLC$727
- AstraZeneca$578
- Novo Nordisk$568
- Pfizer$358
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,09499%
- Education$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 44 | $1,125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 39 | $890 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 49 | $727 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $578 |
| Novo Nordisk | 33 | $568 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $358 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 17 | $356 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $320 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 15 | $249 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $233 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $231 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 12 | $223 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $165 |
| Novartis | 7 | $134 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $111 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $102 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $88 |
| Bayer | 5 | $82 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $72 |
| Gilead | 4 | $51 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $51 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $35 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $34 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| GSK | 2 | $30 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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
$7,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
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 | 52 | $76,849 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 31 | $52,235 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 31 | $42,814 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $33,774 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 33 | $31,023 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 25 | $26,190 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 26 | $24,167 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 29 | $22,210 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $19,496 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 19 | $17,512 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $17,112 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 20 | $16,684 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 11 | $15,521 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 370 | $4,768 |
| Varenicline Tartrate | 19 | $3,978 |
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 | $358 | $76,84952 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr | $890 | $55,98459 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $568 | $52,23531 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $578 | $48,53552 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $727 | $43,30238 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $320 | $19,49616 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Synthroid | $231 | $17,54931 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 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Palestine
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
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.