Fredrick Baker
Family Medicine · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1346248416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 144 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,383 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 144 payments — averaging $17.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$364
- Amgen$353
- Novartis$296
- Pfizer$236
- Lilly USA, LLC$213
- Merck$190
- plus $932 from 16 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $0.00 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- SWAN Valley Medical Incorporated$0
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,56999%
- Education$151%
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 | 29 | $364 |
| Amgen | 18 | $353 |
| Novartis | 15 | $296 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $236 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $213 |
| Merck | 13 | $190 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $142 |
| GSK | 7 | $138 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $126 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $97 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $48 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- KISUNLA$115
How this compares
$2,584 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $17,502 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $16,589 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $14,259 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $9,682 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 66 | $1,149 |
| Losartan Potassium | 69 | $1,079 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 76 | $1,061 |
| Omeprazole | 49 | $881 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 45 | $863 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 103 | $749 |
| Ezetimibe | 16 | $614 |
| Simvastatin | 36 | $592 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 60 | $550 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 20 | $491 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 35 | $479 |
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 | $236 | $17,50212 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $190 | $16,58915 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $364 | $14,25914 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $142 | $9,68212 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 80th percentile of 7,282 family medicine providers in Florida.
Other family medicine in Vero Beach
- Hal BrownVero Beach$477K
- Noah LeeOakland Park$1.2M
- Angela RosselotBelle Isle$977K
- Richard LappOrlando$702K
- Lisa EvansBoca Raton$473K
- Giovana Rene CrooksBoca Raton$407K
- Edward BraunSt Petersburg$364K
- Samuel GreenleePensacola$235K
- Kevin FitzgeraldStuart$198K
- Louis KuritzkyGainesville$186K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.