Frederick Alminiana
Primary Care · Brownsville, TXNPI 1407324510
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.4% of the total across 123 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 16 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,943 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $75 in 2024. Among primary care clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 123 payments — averaging $23.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$548
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$501
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$429
- GSK$372
- AbbVie$234
- Johnson & Johnson$142
- plus $652 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,80397%
- Education$763%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $548 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 22 | $501 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 15 | $429 |
| GSK | 35 | $372 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $234 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $142 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $105 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 5 | $95 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $79 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $61 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,879 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 563 primary care providers in Texas.
Other primary care in Brownsville
- Mary GibbensHouston$42K
- Phillip GulleySan Antonio$23K
- Herbert BautistaDallas$14K
- Brandi JoynerLongview$12K
- Steven ParisAustin$10K
- Hope OdomCollege Station$10K
- Arlena GraysTomball$9K
- Charlotte BallardSan Antonio$9K
- Hannah LancasterMcKinney$9K
- Jacqueline MilesGrand Prairie$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.