Jose Azocar
Internal Medicine · Springfield, MANPI 1578549499
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 89.8% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $2,551, 9.4 times the $271 reported in 2019. Among internal medicine clinicians in MA 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 13 payments — averaging $218.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3K
- Indivior Inc.$146
- Alkermes, Inc.$125
- AbbVie$19
Across 1,885 payments — averaging $1138.08 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$2.1M
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,69260%
- Food & beverage$1,14940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 8 | $2,551 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
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
$2,841 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,983 internal medicine providers in Massachusetts.
Other internal medicine in Springfield
- David SchenkeinBoston$5M
- Alan GarberCambridge$4.9M
- John FallonBoston$1.8M
- Michael MendelsohnBoston$1.6M
- Sandra RichmanBrookline$1.4M
- Gaurav SingalBoston$798K
- Asit ParikhBoston$486K
- Noopur RajeBoston$481K
- Daniel KuritzkesBoston$443K
- Xiuning leBoston$364K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.