Ramon Benitez
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 58 payments — averaging $16.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$312
- Eisai Inc.$122
- AstraZeneca$82
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$78
- Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company$57
- Merck$36
- plus $298 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$985100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $312 |
| Eisai Inc. | 8 | $122 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $82 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $78 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 4 | $57 |
| Merck | 2 | $36 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 14,618 family providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 18 | $181 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $174 |
| Metformin Hcl | 18 | $116 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 11 | $115 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $92 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $70 |
| Furosemide | 15 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Ocala
- Kelly BowmanOcala$316K
- John HuffakerVenice$8M
- Stephanie MompointMiami$4.5M
- Miguel TrujilloMiami Gardens$4.4M
- Itsel Cardenas RamonMiami$1M
- Lewis HarringtonTampa$954K
- Adam StrosbergFort Lauderdale$859K
- Danielle PharesFt Lauderdale$713K
- David RodriguezHialeah$658K
- Donna OrtizOrlando$417K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.