Jorge Lascano, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Gainesville, FLNPI 1780885921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,600 of the $2,125 with a category attached, or 75.3%. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. accounts for 75.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,675 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $120 in 2025.
Across 8 payments — averaging $265.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Insmed, Inc.$210
- Sanofi$120
- Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.$120
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$75
Across 144 payments — averaging $1969.10 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.
- Insmed, Inc.$133K
- Grifols Biologicals LLC$86K
- Grifols Therapeutics LLC$38K
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$10K
- Vertex$9K
- AbbVie$6K
- plus $1K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,60075%
- Food & beverage$46822%
- Education$573%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 3 | $210 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $120 |
| Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc. | 2 | $120 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
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
$2,125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 618 critical care medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TrikaftaElexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaft | 196 | $5,197,041 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 59 | $376,099 |
| KalydecoIvacaftor | 12 | $317,278 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 28 | $184,778 |
| CaystonAztreonam Lysine | 14 | $158,048 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 23 | $1,255 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 46 | $1,210 |
| Azithromycin | 68 | $925 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $212 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Azra BihoracGainesville$10K
- Ragai MeenaGainesville$9K
- Charles HobsonGainesville$6K
- Christopher HardenGainesville$6K
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- Fortune AlabiKissimmee$587K
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- Fred UmehKissimmee$371K
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.