Joseph Gorvetzian
Albuquerque, NMNPI 1669432431
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,079 of the $3,527 with a category attached, or 87.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,102 and has fallen 77.2% since, to $251 in 2025.
Across 129 payments — averaging $27.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$739
- Merck$458
- Gilead$294
- Viiv Healthcare Company$251
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$169
- plus $410 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,07987%
- Education$44813%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $1,205 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 23 | $739 |
| Merck | 21 | $458 |
| Gilead | 20 | $294 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 14 | $251 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $121 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $62 |
| GSK | 3 | $40 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.