Israel Galtes, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Homestead, FLNPI 1457326746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $34,239 of the $47,011 with a category attached, or 72.8%. Merck accounts for 78.3% of it on its own, with 41 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $20,747 and has fallen 93.8% since, to $1,282 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL 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 580 payments — averaging $81.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$37K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$995
- Amgen$888
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$713
- plus $5K from 36 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $5895.81 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.
- Novartis$180K
- Merck$60K
- Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$43K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,23973%
- Travel & lodging$1,5903%
- Food & beverage$11,13724%
- Education$460%
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.
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
$47,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease 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 | 486 | $395,576 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 339 | $255,292 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 278 | $226,230 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 135 | $146,205 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 188 | $132,788 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 139 | $101,022 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 78 | $60,035 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 75 | $37,370 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 73 | $34,864 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 50 | $24,347 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $19,805 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 48 | $19,571 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 224 | $7,979 |
| Clonidine | 57 | $7,732 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 13 | $7,692 |
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 | $1,090 | $395,576486 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $995 | $255,292339 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $616 | $226,230278 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Lokelma | $1,244 | $164,555251 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $623 | $146,205135 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $36,825 | $60,03578 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol | $713 | $42,55686 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $251 | $19,80529 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 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Homestead
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
- Vijay HaryaniVero Beach$413K
- Neel PatelMaitland$392K
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.