Ricardo Ferreira Lopez, MD
Family Medicine · Sterling, VANPI 1437218799
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 234 payments — averaging $24.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$714
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$659
- AstraZeneca$390
- GSK$310
- Lilly USA, LLC$306
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$501%
- Travel & lodging$65912%
- Food & beverage$4,97488%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 58 | $1,221 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $714 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $659 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $390 |
| GSK | 13 | $310 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $306 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $305 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 12 | $284 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $202 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 3 | $195 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $169 |
| Abbott | 4 | $91 |
| Amgen | 6 | $89 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $89 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $88 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Merck | 4 | $54 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $28 |
| Novartis | 2 | $25 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$659
- Wegovy$243
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$142
- QULIPTA$125
- UBRELVY$125
- AIRSUPRA$123
- AREXVY$121
- SOLIQUA 100/33$109
- TOUJEO$109
How this compares
$5,683 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,553 family medicine providers in Virginia.
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 | 37 | $59,998 |
| EliquisApixaban | 19 | $23,651 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $18,997 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $9,560 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $4,593 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 151 | $1,037 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 87 | $945 |
| Ezetimibe | 15 | $913 |
| Losartan Potassium | 80 | $877 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 56 | $724 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 103 | $619 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 63 | $603 |
| Cefdinir | 32 | $579 |
| Metformin Hcl | 68 | $536 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $520 |
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 | $1,221 | $59,99837 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $202 | $23,65119 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $54 | $18,99712 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $390 | $9,56012 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $18 | $60363 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 2,553 family medicine providers in Virginia.
Other family medicine in Sterling
- Aaron HartmanMidlothian$17.4M
- John ScottGlen Allen$16.7M
- Banu MyneniPortsmouth$12.8M
- Patricia HouserWinchester$3.5M
- Stephan JannachDanville$3M
- Linda SchneiderHampton$2.1M
- Jennifer BrownMidlothian$1.3M
- Brian McCormickHampton$793K
- Jerome DanielNorth Chesterfield$779K
- Samir AbdelshaheedChesapeake$642K
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.