Lisa Mercado
Gerontology · Melbourne, FLNPI 1770181182
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 112 payments — averaging $25.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$694
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$512
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$311
- Atricure, Inc.$197
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$187
- Novo Nordisk$124
- plus $812 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,837100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 42 | $694 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 11 | $512 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $311 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $197 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $187 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $124 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $99 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $74 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $63 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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.
- INGREZZA$276
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$197
- GEMTESA$125
- Fanapt$123
How this compares
$2,837 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 714 gerontology providers in Florida.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 85 | $54,498 |
| EliquisApixaban | 65 | $19,257 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 18 | $9,500 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 15 | $9,380 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 11 | $6,347 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 18 | $5,975 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $5,856 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 21 | $5,615 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 17 | $4,894 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 16 | $3,518 |
| Potassium Chloride | 105 | $2,850 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 76 | $2,441 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 12 | $1,932 |
| Lacosamide | 24 | $1,275 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 32 | $1,267 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $311 | $9,38015 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $187 | $5,61521 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $14 | $4,89417 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 714 gerontology providers in Florida.
Other gerontology in Melbourne
- Melissa FrankMelbourne$10K
- Noureen DhananiThe Villages$276K
- Flavius NascimentoCoral Springs$226K
- Michelle HartogWinter Park$90K
- Alejandra Rosales-CohenOrange City$88K
- Jennifer PacilettiAtlantis$66K
- Tatiana ClarkBradenton$34K
- Brandi LigonWinter Park$27K
- Boni MayOrlando$22K
- Dennis VerducciMiami$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.