Rafael Baez, MD
Internal Medicine · Lake Worth, FLNPI 1679526826
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,830 of the $5,521 with a category attached, or 69.4%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 45.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,716 and has fallen 84.8% since, to $261 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 159 payments — averaging $34.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- AstraZeneca$773
- Abbott$596
- Exact Sciences$344
- Pfizer$242
- GSK$150
- plus $918 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,69131%
- Food & beverage$3,83069%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 34 | $2,498 |
| AstraZeneca | 37 | $773 |
| Abbott | 11 | $596 |
| Exact Sciences | 13 | $344 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $242 |
| GSK | 8 | $150 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $124 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $63 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- KRYSTEXXA$1,941
- Confirm Rx$304
How this compares
$5,521 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 99 | $107,140 |
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $51,378 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $32,645 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 28 | $31,919 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 24 | $26,156 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 48 | $11,443 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $9,730 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 13 | $9,458 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 11 | $6,459 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 250 | $6,143 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $5,889 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 37 | $5,232 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 11 | $4,782 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 487 | $3,680 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 17 | $3,327 |
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 | $18 | $107,14099 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $242 | $51,37843 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi | $38 | $38,37739 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $63 | $32,64532 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort, Breztri Aerosphere | $773 | $20,90161 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $107 | $9,73018 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $150 | $5,88914 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $56 | $1,530173 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 90th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
Other internal medicine in Lake Worth
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
- Bianka EperjesiovaGainesville$260K
- Julio ConradoFort Myers$247K
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.