Jose Cardona
General Practice · Miami, FLNPI 1932107695
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 28.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,372 and has fallen 69.5% since, to $1,333 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 94 payments — averaging $158.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$4K
- Radius Health, Inc.$4K
- Modernatx, Inc.$3K
- Bayer$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Eli Lilly$1K
- plus $191 from 3 others
Across 3,001 payments — averaging $23,704 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.$21.7M
- Pfizer$20.1M
- Merck$6.3M
- Eli Lilly$3.7M
- AstraZeneca$2.9M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$2.2M
- plus $14.1M from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0007%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9436%
- Travel & lodging$8,41156%
- Food & beverage$3,39923%
- Education$1,1598%
- Gifts$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 34 | $4,196 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 21 | $3,750 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 15 | $3,127 |
| Bayer | 10 | $1,292 |
| Amgen | 5 | $1,270 |
| Eli Lilly | 6 | $1,106 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $131 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
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.
- V114$2,270
- Tymlos$2,047
- LAGEVRIO$1,023
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$131
How this compares
$14,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Other general practice in Miami
- Idalia AcostaMiami$99K
- Eddie GomezMiami$59K
- Aladino ValienteMiami$24K
- Viviana WaichMiami$20K
- Libia RiosMiami$15K
- Rosa HuguetMiami$15K
- Robert VogelPalm Beach Gardens$1M
- Bruce OuelletteWest Palm Beach$724K
- Caley CasteleinMiami Beach$586K
- Sarah JockinTampa$308K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.