Kenneth Ratzan
Infectious Disease · Miami Beach, FLNPI 1366415572
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 161 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,799 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $30 in 2024.
Across 161 payments — averaging $19.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Gilead$413
- Viiv Healthcare Company$332
- Johnson & Johnson$288
- Merck$211
- Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$118
- plus $333 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,121100%
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) | 65 | $1,425 |
| Gilead | 24 | $413 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 20 | $332 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $288 |
| Merck | 13 | $211 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $118 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $86 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $27 |
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.
- AVYCAZ$125
How this compares
$3,121 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 669 infectious disease providers in Florida.
Other infectious disease in Miami Beach
- Cynthia RiveraMiami Beach$265K
- Claudio TudaMiami Beach$221K
- Nicholas CampsMiami Beach$98K
- Joseph ChanMiami Beach$49K
- Amy WeckerMiami Beach$23K
- Lennox ArchibaldGainesville$2.1M
- Moti RamgopalFort Pierce$1.1M
- Juan DiazAltamonte Springs$980K
- Charlotte-Paige RolleOrlando$619K
- Kenneth AlexanderOrlando$474K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.