Murray Epstein
Hospitalist · Miami, FLNPI 1225067713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $353,491 of the $369,911 with a category attached, or 95.6%. Bayer accounts for 78.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $101,771 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $18,292 in 2023. Among hospitalist clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 132 payments — averaging $2802.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$291K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$38K
- Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd.$18K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$14K
- Vifor (international) Ltd.$9K
Across 13 payments — averaging $5696.88 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.
- Bayer$74K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$353,49196%
- Travel & lodging$15,0174%
- Food & beverage$1,4030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 109 | $290,609 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 15 | $38,380 |
| Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd. | 3 | $18,054 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $13,683 |
| Vifor (international) Ltd. | 2 | $9,186 |
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.
- Non-Covered$196,207
- Kerendia$66,339
- Veltassa$54,314
- Korsuva$5,445
How this compares
$369,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,570 hospitalist providers in Florida.
Other hospitalist in Miami
- Francisco Perez LoretoMiami$17K
- Alexangel SantanaMiami$7K
- Yasser AsmarMiami$7K
- Seth BleicherMiami$6K
- Daniel LopezMiami$4K
- Tina SanjarMiami$3K
- Oliver AbelaFort Myers$77K
- Joshua LenchusFort Lauderdale$73K
- Tuncay TaskesenThe Villages$22K
- Diego MunozApopka$17K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.