Eric Velazquez
Pediatric Endocrinology · Macon, GANPI 1518385111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 104 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,152 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $393 in 2025.
Across 104 payments — averaging $25.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BETA Bionics, Inc.$316
- Novo Nordisk$259
- AbbVie$234
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$207
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$187
- Medtronic$186
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,60299%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 4 | $316 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $259 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $234 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 9 | $207 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $187 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $186 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 12 | $186 |
| Insulet Corporation | 8 | $179 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $139 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $112 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- iLet Bionic Pancreas$798
- MINIMED 780G$122
How this compares
$2,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 30 pediatric endocrinology providers in Georgia.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Macon
- Jessica HutchinsMacon$21K
- Tarek BisatMacon$3K
- Quentin VanmeterAtlanta$215K
- Toni KimSandy Springs$160K
- Eric FelnerAtlanta$24K
- Anil PiyaSavannah$14K
- Juliana Vera OrtizNewnan$13K
- Daniel HsiaAtlanta$6K
- Jacqueline ChanAugusta$3K
- Joey LowCumming$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.