Lorely Mendez
General Practice · Miami Gardens, FLNPI 1316141443
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 60 payments — averaging $10,352 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$586K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$32K
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Pfizer$42
- AstraZeneca$16
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$58100%
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. | 54 | $586,279 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $31,576 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $3,219 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$621,132 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 117 | $825 |
| Losartan Potassium | 62 | $712 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 13 | $375 |
| Lisinopril | 42 | $211 |
| Metformin Hcl | 43 | $191 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $162 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $152 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $144 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 55 | $138 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $132 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 45 | $122 |
| Glipizide | 21 | $112 |
| Lisinopril-HydrochlorothiazideLisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $108 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $103 |
| Simvastatin | 17 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Miami Gardens
- Lawrence GalitzMiami Gardens$42.5M
- Jose CardonaMiami$71M
- Armando AcevedoMiami$15.2M
- Jorge AmayaMiami$14.2M
- Frank AlvarezHialeah$13.6M
- Hector RodriguezMiami$12.8M
- Eddie ArmasSouth Miami$12.4M
- Idalia AcostaMiami$11.4M
- Lilia Rodriguez AblesMiami$10.7M
- Jorge Monroy AvellaOcoee$10.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.