Phillip Gaca
Family Medicine · Belmont, MINPI 1912999210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 811 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family medicine clinicians in MI 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 811 payments — averaging $14.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- GSK$921
- Bayer$633
- plus $5K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,60698%
- Education$2672%
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.
How this compares
$11,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,945 family medicine providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ezetimibe | 41 | $1,279 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 37 | $821 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $769 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 62 | $490 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | 23 | $437 |
| Potassium Chloride | 17 | $430 |
| Losartan Potassium | 32 | $422 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 24 | $321 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 25 | $317 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $310 |
| Glimepiride | 15 | $287 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 22 | $277 |
| Amlodipine Besylate-BenazeprilAmlodipine Besylate/Benazepril | 13 | $262 |
| Lisinopril | 18 | $197 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $193 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Belmont
- Loren ChudlerSouthfield$1.3M
- Paul BensonBerkley$779K
- Matt RosenbergJackson$550K
- Steve LasaterSaint Johns$291K
- Mary DagenGrand Rapids$265K
- Farhan BhattiLansing$230K
- Jeffrey DeitchSterling Heights$197K
- Sukhpreet SinghPlymouth$173K
- James VoigtOak Park$140K
- Timothy IzzoGrand Ledge$124K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.