Mercedes Bello
Sleep Medicine · Palmetto Bay, FLNPI 1598069700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 479 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by UCB, Inc. at 29.6% of the total.
Across 479 payments — averaging $28.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$4K
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Corium, LLC$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Neurelis, Inc.$765
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$694
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13,617100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 87 | $4,038 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 141 | $2,524 |
| Corium, LLC | 46 | $1,306 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 25 | $1,194 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 34 | $765 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 31 | $694 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 36 | $682 |
| Eisai Inc. | 12 | $521 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 16 | $348 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 9 | $323 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $182 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 3 | $175 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $148 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Novartis | 6 | $100 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $73 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Resmed Corp | 2 | $38 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$13,630 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 77 sleep medicine providers in Florida.
Other sleep medicine in Palmetto Bay
- Jeremy McConnellBradenton$615K
- Edward MezerhaneMiami$537K
- Shane DrahosWinter Garden$317K
- Kunal AgarwalSarasota$153K
- Camilo RuizFort Lauderdale$136K
- Sergio JaramilloMiami$32K
- Carlos Ramirez MejiaMiami$25K
- Luis OrtizSt Petersburg$24K
- Harneet WaliaMiami$19K
- Radhika VermaOrange City$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.