Fernando Ortiz, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1013350636
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 149 payments — averaging $85.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$741
- Amgen$545
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$436
- plus $4K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,63828%
- Food & beverage$9,03971%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 18 | $2,303 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 10 | $2,264 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $2,240 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $741 |
| Amgen | 11 | $545 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 6 | $436 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $430 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $312 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 4 | $307 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $300 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $283 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $264 |
| Verge Medical, Inc. | 1 | $247 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $193 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $161 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $144 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $137 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Stryker | 1 | $134 |
| Bayer | 2 | $131 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $123 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $120 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $115 |
| Biogen | 2 | $115 |
| Novartis | 5 | $112 |
| Merck | 5 | $88 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $37 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $4 |
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.
- AngioVac$2,006
- Indigo System$1,893
- OPTIS$1,655
- Impella$480
- Repatha$394
- AVVIGO Guidance System$276
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$269
- Barostim Neo System$268
- Penumbra System$251
- OSTIAL Flash System$247
- JARDIANCE$227
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$181
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$164
- SELUTION SLRPTA$161
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$149
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$144
- Rotarex$141
- ONYX FRONTIER$131
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$125
- VENOVO$124
How this compares
$12,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 623 interventional cardiology 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 | 219 | $225,507 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 100 | $133,190 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 87 | $109,118 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 75 | $70,807 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 30 | $38,950 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $18,280 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 22 | $16,470 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 13 | $8,612 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 287 | $3,302 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 248 | $2,379 |
| Chlorthalidone | 127 | $2,115 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (La)Diltiazem Hcl | 29 | $2,042 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 179 | $1,966 |
| Valsartan | 86 | $1,680 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 156 | $1,402 |
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 | $137 | $225,507219 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $112 | $133,190100 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $283 | $109,11887 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $56 | $70,80775 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $123 | $26,89232 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 55th percentile of 623 interventional cardiology providers in Florida.
Other interventional cardiology in Gainesville
- Arthur LeeGainesville$2M
- Amit BadiyeGainesville$449K
- Matheen KhuddusGainesville$423K
- R AndersonGainesville$238K
- Dominick AngiolilloJacksonville$4M
- Douglas SpriggsClearwater$3.2M
- Rakesh PrashadOcala$3.1M
- Aldo Martinez FleitesMiami Lakes$2.2M
- Rohit AminPensacola$2M
- Roberto CubedduNaples$2M
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.