Jose Alvarez
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · Miami, FLNPI 1497014765
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,515 of the $6,323 with a category attached, or 87.2%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. at 27.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,803 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $222 in 2025. Among child & adolescent psychiatry 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 231 payments — averaging $27.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- Novo Nordisk AS$916
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$879
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$578
- AbbVie$507
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$314
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 52 payments — averaging $4317.04 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.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$223K
- GSK$2K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5168%
- Food & beverage$5,51587%
- Education$2915%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 81 | $1,706 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 3 | $916 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $879 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 24 | $578 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $507 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 18 | $314 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 9 | $278 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $257 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 11 | $214 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 8 | $214 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $72 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $66 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $34 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Luye Pharma (USA) Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 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.
- AUSTEDO$612
- REXULTI$357
- SPRAVATO$119
- Austedo XR$119
- VRAYLAR$117
- CAPLYTA$110
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$108
How this compares
$6,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 206 child & adolescent psychiatry providers in Florida.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Aripiprazole | 36 | $2,960 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 25 | $1,668 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 27 | $1,452 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,264 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 15 | $1,227 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 22 | $895 |
| Risperidone | 53 | $879 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 76 | $746 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 41 | $547 |
| Clonazepam | 80 | $467 |
| Olanzapine | 32 | $416 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 21 | $407 |
| Lorazepam | 74 | $404 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 29 | $363 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $339 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other child & adolescent psychiatry in Miami
- Sean HoranMiami$17K
- Americo PadillaMiami$11K
- Nicole RedondoMiami$4K
- Gilbert SmithMiami$4K
- Jonathan ParkerMiami$4K
- Janeris LoredoMiami$3K
- Jerome SiegmeisterMiami$3K
- Mauricio RodriguezMiami$3K
- Yasin BezMiami$2K
- Craig KuninsGulfport$265K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.