Maria Bermudez
Internal Medicine · Pembroke Pines, FLNPI 1497933915
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Bristol Myers Squibb accounts for 78.1% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $316.
Across 2 payments — averaging $54.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$85
- Alkermes, Inc.$24
Across 184 payments — averaging $56,448 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$2.3M
- Bristol Myers Squibb$2.3M
- Valneva Austria GmbH$1.6M
- H. Lundbeck A S$1.4M
- AbbVie$1.2M
- Mylan Technologies Inc.$478K
- plus $1.3M from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$109100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $85 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
How this compares
$109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Pembroke Pines
- Manuel GonzalezPembroke Pines$37K
- 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.