Jose Gomez Cortes
Internal Medicine · Coral Gables, FLNPI 1134177066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.8% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 76.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $137 and has fallen 76.7% since, to $32 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $316.
Across 3 payments — averaging $60.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$137
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$32
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$11
Across 397 payments — averaging $5963.04 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.
- GSK$780K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$594K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$512K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$294K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$113K
- AstraZeneca$66K
- plus $8K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16994%
- Education$116%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1 | $137 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $183 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Coral Gables
- Jeffrey RosenCoral Gables$57K
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
- Bianka EperjesiovaGainesville$260K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.