Orlando Fernandez, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Bonita Springs, FLNPI 1811133234
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 916 payments — averaging $65.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$27K
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$10K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$2K
- Mannkind Corporation$2K
- plus $14K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,0009%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,60317%
- Travel & lodging$3,69011%
- Food & beverage$21,17463%
- Education$1670%
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.
- REZDIFFRA$8,726
- CRENESSITY$3,328
- MINIMED 780G$1,115
- Kerendia$744
- FARXIGA$464
- SOLIQUA 100/33$464
- iLet Bionic Pancreas$433
- TEPEZZA$380
- AFREZZA$350
- Ozempic$322
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$169
- InPen$162
- iLet Insulin Infusion Kit Inset$144
- iLet Insulin Infusion Kit Contact Detach$144
- GVOKE HYPOPEN$132
- XEOMIN$130
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$125
- XARELTO$125
- Veozah$125
- GVOKE PFS$123
How this compares
$60,268 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 329 | $481,004 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 167 | $244,233 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 181 | $240,134 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 201 | $220,305 |
| RezdiffraResmetirom | 39 | $154,358 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 71 | $144,404 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 64 | $117,503 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 54 | $94,533 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 64 | $94,345 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 69 | $81,783 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 34 | $77,879 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 63 | $68,084 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 43 | $61,738 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 28 | $60,749 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 45 | $49,533 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $1,080 | $529,582375 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $972 | $407,517292 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Tradjenta, Trijardy Xr | $1,334 | $354,108267 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,188 | $220,305201 claims |
| Madrigal PharmaceuticalsRezdiffra | $9,614 | $154,35839 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $810 | $94,53354 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $2,167 | $94,34564 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $352 | $72,11165 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $1,607 | $25,25423 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $97 | $12,63017 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $105 | $12,182109 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 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Florida.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Bonita Springs
- Richard PratleyOrlando$9.2M
- Jose MandryOcoee$9.1M
- Steven SmithOrlando$7.9M
- Barry HorowitzWest Palm Beach$7.1M
- Tina ThethiOrlando$3.8M
- David SuttonJacksonville$3.1M
- Lorena Lewy-AlterbaumHollywood$3.1M
- Mae Sheikh AliJacksonville$2.9M
- James MageeJacksonville$2.7M
- Rodolfo GalindoMiami$2.5M
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.