Eric Ewald, MD
General Practice · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1700846805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 146 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $608 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $289 in 2025. Among general practice 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 146 payments — averaging $21.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$574
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$404
- Pfizer$364
- Boehringer Ingelheim$296
- Exact Sciences$267
- GSK$203
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,142100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $574 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $404 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $364 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $296 |
| Exact Sciences | 12 | $267 |
| GSK | 7 | $203 |
| Bayer | 7 | $179 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $171 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $165 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $116 |
| Merck | 4 | $58 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $45 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Linus Health, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,901 general practice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 31 | $508 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 52 | $278 |
| Losartan Potassium | 40 | $260 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 19 | $212 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $186 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 27 | $152 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $134 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $118 |
| Metformin Hcl | 26 | $101 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 32 | $67 |
| Simvastatin | 12 | $59 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $53 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $39 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 11 | $26 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Boca Raton
- Angel BayasBoca Raton$19K
- Robert VogelPalm Beach Gardens$1M
- Bruce OuelletteWest Palm Beach$724K
- Caley CasteleinMiami Beach$586K
- Sarah JockinTampa$308K
- Mario RomeroSarasota$275K
- Robert RitterJupiter$233K
- Robert AltharPensacola$231K
- Florencia ZiemkeWest Palm Beach$208K
- Ausberto HidalgoPembroke Pines$171K
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.