Ricardo Viera
Medical · Palmetto Bay, FLNPI 1639570088
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 179 payments — averaging $22.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- GSK$417
- Lilly USA, LLC$312
- Bayer$298
- Novo Nordisk$262
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$256
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,91197%
- Education$1273%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 45 | $1,063 |
| GSK | 16 | $417 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $312 |
| Bayer | 13 | $298 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $262 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $256 |
| Amgen | 10 | $199 |
| Abbott | 7 | $189 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $167 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $113 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $95 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $35 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$4,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,031 medical providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 16 | $344 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 19 | $179 |
| Allopurinol | 13 | $121 |
| Metformin Hcl | 24 | $117 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $115 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $107 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 14 | $105 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $100 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $99 |
| Azithromycin | 23 | $89 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $56 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 18 | $44 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $34 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in Palmetto Bay
- Gary RubinRockledge$2.1M
- Shanna MirantiNaples$415K
- Krystie LennoxBoca Raton$245K
- Jihan RamadanWellington$238K
- Ilanit SamuelsMiami$211K
- Erin DouceyWinter Haven$202K
- Kathleen TrummerWellington$166K
- Sandra SnyderTampa$156K
- Francine PhillipsLand O Lakes$145K
- Chelsie FerrellDeland$132K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.