Michael Laufer, MD
Internal Medicine · Cape Coral, FLNPI 1164493946
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 424 payments — averaging $16.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$810
- Novo Nordisk$754
- Pfizer$567
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$551
- AbbVie$543
- Merck$529
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,139100%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 60 | $810 |
| Novo Nordisk | 45 | $754 |
| Pfizer | 37 | $567 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 29 | $551 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $543 |
| Merck | 26 | $529 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $458 |
| AstraZeneca | 23 | $442 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $440 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 26 | $426 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 26 | $373 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $337 |
| Novartis | 10 | $180 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $110 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $73 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $61 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $60 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Bayer | 2 | $45 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$7,150 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 176 | $196,668 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 126 | $173,967 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 118 | $146,458 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 93 | $127,156 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 65 | $109,444 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 76 | $103,915 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 58 | $91,806 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 64 | $91,451 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 57 | $72,891 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 36 | $63,453 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 42 | $61,468 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 46 | $57,561 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 25 | $52,888 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 34 | $42,842 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 39 | $32,416 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $440 | $213,358141 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $567 | $196,668176 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $442 | $184,605150 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $754 | $180,044118 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $529 | $152,919106 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $458 | $146,458118 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $810 | $108,173113 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $426 | $63,45336 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Qulipta, Synthroid | $543 | $52,645161 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $110 | $32,41639 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $25 | $19,25021 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 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Cape Coral
- Jose Cevallos YepezCape Coral$4.2M
- Yaneicy Gonzalez RojasCoral Gables$93.5M
- Juan Carlos RondonHollywood$66.8M
- Jaynier MoyaPembroke Pines$45.4M
- Mark KutnerMiami$35.7M
- Gilberto JimenezHialeah$35.6M
- Mira BaronWest Palm Beach$29.6M
- William SanchezHialeah$28.9M
- Nelia Sanchez-CrespoHollywood$28.8M
- Kwabena AyesuOrlando$27.6M
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.