RxDoctor Payments Data

Omar Baez, MD

Neurology · Miami Lakes, FLNPI 1427348978

Payments from drug & device makers

$11,086in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 532 payments — averaging $20.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Eisai Inc.$607
  • Novartis$492
  • AstraZeneca$489
  • Argenx US, Inc.$470
  • plus $6K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$170%
  • Food & beverage$11,070100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)105$1,680
UCB, Inc.41$1,515
Eisai Inc.22$607
Novartis22$492
AstraZeneca(2 entities)29$489
Argenx US, Inc.20$470
Pfizer23$420
SK Life Science, Inc.17$340
Lundbeck LLC15$333
Biogen15$318
Amgen13$313
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.19$288
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$259
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.12$228
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$199
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC10$184
Lilly USA, LLC9$176
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC10$174
GE HealthCare11$169
Neurelis, Inc.8$156
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.6$148
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.6$140
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC9$129
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.6$124
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.6$115
Octapharma USA, Inc.4$104
Saol Therapeutics Inc.2$99
Livanova USA, Inc.4$87
Avion Pharmaceuticals5$83
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC4$67
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$64
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$63
EMD Serono, Inc.3$63
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$62
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$62
Sanofi3$60
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc3$56
Boston Scientific1$55
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$52
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.3$51
Merck2$44
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$43
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$42
Genentech USA, Inc.2$41
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$41
Grifols USA, LLC2$34
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$30
Microtransponder, Inc.1$28
Merz North America, Inc.1$26
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$26
Banner Life Sciences, LLC1$25
CSL Behring1$24
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC1$22
Tersera Therapeutics LLC1$22
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$18
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$18
Bausch Health US, LLC1$17
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$17
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc1$17
Nevro Corp.1$15

How this compares

$11,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$70,524
Medicare patients
224
Services billed
610

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate17$44,914
XcopriCenobamate13$13,179
AmantadineAmantadine Hcl11$1,060
Lacosamide25$1,045
Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa22$706
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa19$517
Primidone17$304
Baclofen11$298
Gabapentin38$290
Sertraline Hcl54$253
Memantine Hcl11$213
Topiramate11$162
Meclizine Hcl12$105
Quetiapine Fumarate12$89

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$43$44,91417 claims
SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri$340$13,17913 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$184$16211 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 65th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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