Natalie Faith, MD
Rheumatology · Zephyrhills, FLNPI 1114185808
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,857 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $2,971 in 2025.
Across 1,109 payments — averaging $54.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$32K
- Amgen$7K
- Lilly USA, LLC$4K
- AbbVie$4K
- Eli Lilly$3K
- UCB, Inc.$3K
- plus $8K from 27 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $45,938 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.
- Novartis$502K
- Eli Lilly$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$34,44357%
- Travel & lodging$4,8348%
- Food & beverage$21,51035%
- Education$550%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 179 | $31,901 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 220 | $7,384 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 58 | $3,964 |
| AbbVie | 181 | $3,751 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $3,163 |
| UCB, Inc. | 103 | $3,010 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 84 | $2,453 |
| Pfizer | 61 | $1,213 |
| GSK | 52 | $796 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 34 | $500 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $340 |
| Sobi, Inc | 17 | $307 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 14 | $251 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 13 | $244 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 11 | $234 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 13 | $220 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $155 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $142 |
| Mckesson Specialty Care Distribution, LLC | 5 | $107 |
| Organon | 4 | $80 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $68 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $36 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $30 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$60,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 453 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TavneosAvacopan | 11 | $179,780 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 24 | $152,059 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 16 | $108,671 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 21 | $100,164 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 12 | $87,009 |
| Taltz AutoinjectorIxekizumab | 11 | $76,059 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 12 | $49,413 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 106 | $4,028 |
| Leflunomide | 36 | $2,872 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 102 | $2,251 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 16 | $1,959 |
| Colchicine | 34 | $1,386 |
| Prednisone | 115 | $1,127 |
| Allopurinol | 90 | $1,042 |
| Azathioprine | 16 | $1,017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenTavneos, Otezla | $7,384 | $279,94532 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira(Cf) | $3,751 | $239,06836 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $796 | $49,41312 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 85th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Other rheumatology in Zephyrhills
- Ernesto RodriguezZephyrhills$958K
- David RiveraZephyrhills$80K
- Alvin WellsDestin$2.4M
- Guillermo ValenzuelaPlantation$1.5M
- Julio Gonzalez-PaoliTampa$1.4M
- Vinicius Costa Diniz DominguesDaytona Beach$921K
- Jonathan GreerBoynton Beach$757K
- Jigar ShahMargate$750K
- Rachel TateHollywood$729K
- Howard BuschLoxahatchee$717K
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.