Hubert Fernandez, MD
Neurology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1720016488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.9%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 45.3% of the total. Among neurology clinicians in OH 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 154 payments — averaging $831.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$58K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$27K
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$14K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$10K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$5K
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$3K
- plus $11K from 11 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $20,893 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$395K
- Biogen$340K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$154K
- UCB SA$79K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$11K
- AbbVie$3K
- plus $375 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$76,68560%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,9005%
- Grants$25,00020%
- Travel & lodging$14,92912%
- Food & beverage$5,4624%
- Education$730%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 73 | $58,035 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 18 | $26,794 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 13 | $13,546 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 18 | $10,454 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $5,362 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $2,907 |
| Biogen | 1 | $2,740 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $2,574 |
| Partner Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 9 | $2,058 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $200 |
| Insightec,inc | 2 | $198 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $194 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $169 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $149 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $89 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $80 |
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
$128,049 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 91 | $438,059 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 28 | $331,203 |
| ApokynApomorphine Hcl | 12 | $303,226 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 77 | $186,168 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 34 | $64,243 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 25 | $54,258 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 510 | $22,419 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 214 | $12,991 |
| OngentysOpicapone | 11 | $12,364 |
| Droxidopa | 22 | $11,349 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 129 | $10,355 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $8,689 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 39 | $8,047 |
| Rivastigmine | 64 | $6,754 |
| Rimantadine Hcl | 16 | $5,263 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $2,058 | $438,05991 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $26,794 | $186,16877 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $13,546 | $64,24334 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ongentys | $10,454 | $12,36411 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 90th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Cleveland
- Imad NajmCleveland$373K
- Hesham AbboudCleveland$363K
- Robert BermelCleveland$302K
- Eric BaronCleveland$297K
- Robert FoxCleveland$296K
- Aarushi SunejaCleveland$269K
- Mary WillisCleveland$254K
- Benjamin WalterCleveland$210K
- Aasef ShaikhCleveland$186K
- Maryann MaysCleveland$173K
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.