Fernando Scaglia
Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Houston, TXNPI 1518047943
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,470 of the $15,849 with a category attached, or 85.0%. UCB, Inc. accounts for 61.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,578 and has fallen 82.3% since, to $1,693 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $689.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$10K
- UCB SA$6K
- Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.$31
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$23
Across 104 payments — averaging $10,189 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$878K
- Astellas Pharma Inc$158K
- UCB Biosciences Inc.$16K
- UCB SA$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,47085%
- Travel & lodging$1,76211%
- Food & beverage$6174%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $9,757 |
| UCB SA | 6 | $6,037 |
| Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
How this compares
$15,849 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 37 clinical genetics (m.d.) providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Miglustat | 22 | $257,814 |
| Leucovorin Calcium | 11 | $756 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical genetics (m.d.) in Houston
- Hope NorthrupHouston$180K
- Paul HillmanHouston$68K
- Brendan LeeHouston$28K
- David RodriguezHouston$28K
- Claudia Soler-AlfonsoHouston$4K
- Andres Caceres SalgadoHouston$387
- Lilei ZhangHouston$193
- Laura FarachHouston$173
- Roni Zemet LazarHouston$172
- Lindsay BurrageHouston$23
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.