Efrain Torres, MD
Geriatric Medicine · New Bedford, MANPI 1003859265
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 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 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $692, more than ten times the $26 reported in 2019.
Across 44 payments — averaging $20.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$175
- AstraZeneca$99
- Viatris Specialty LLC$87
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$73
- Verona Pharma, Inc.$63
- AbbVie$53
- plus $332 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$882100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $175 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $99 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 4 | $87 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $73 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $53 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $51 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| RGH Enterprises LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$882 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 156 geriatric medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 1,201 | $394,811 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 439 | $178,841 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 362 | $151,717 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 117 | $110,766 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 253 | $76,976 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 208 | $54,954 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 83 | $52,293 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 30 | $44,151 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 247 | $42,647 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 40 | $37,226 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 82 | $33,270 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 2,137 | $25,986 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 2,265 | $22,424 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 76 | $20,689 |
| Mirtazapine | 836 | $20,556 |
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 | $15 | $394,8111,201 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $175 | $110,766117 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $51 | $54,954208 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $53 | $52,29383 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $99 | $32,064105 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $51 | $18,85620 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 85th percentile of 156 geriatric medicine providers in Massachusetts.
Other geriatric medicine in New Bedford
- Ahmet DiricanNew Bedford$9K
- Irving RestituyoNew Bedford$9K
- Medha MunshiBoston$64K
- W Vincent PerrelliWaltham$64K
- Asif MerchantChelmsford$6K
- Rocco RossiMashpee$6K
- Lilian MikaelConcord$5K
- Douglas KielBoston$5K
- Michael CantorBraintree$3K
- Lyanne Santana KhouryBrookline$3K
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.