Meryl Ortiz
Family · Tucson, AZNPI 1376112672
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 70 payments — averaging $25.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$421
- AbbVie$313
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$298
- Boston Scientific$142
- GSK$136
- Nevro Corp.$83
- plus $426 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$42123%
- Food & beverage$1,39877%
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.
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
$1,819 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 25 | $16,889 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 75 | $3,024 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 65 | $2,766 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 104 | $2,035 |
| Gabapentin | 95 | $1,244 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 48 | $1,138 |
| Pregabalin | 35 | $975 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 47 | $787 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 56 | $779 |
| Baclofen | 47 | $720 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | $566 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 12 | $428 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $399 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $306 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $243 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $298 | $16,88925 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 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
Other family in Tucson
- Lindsay CarterTucson$108K
- Vicki McIntyreTucson$68K
- Amber KemnitzTucson$33K
- Joy BaynesTucson$30K
- Cynthia CarstenTucson$27K
- Sharon MorganTucson$22K
- Margaret SpencerTucson$19K
- Polina SamoylovaTucson$18K
- Stephanie Niemi-OlsonTucson$15K
- Cindy ChangTucson$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.