Rodolfo Molina
Rheumatology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1104895713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.7% of the total across 166 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $828 and has fallen 85.4% since, to $121 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for rheumatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,779.
Across 166 payments — averaging $18.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$572
- Amgen$386
- GSK$370
- Johnson & Johnson$301
- AbbVie$248
- Pfizer$161
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,02598%
- Education$702%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 31 | $572 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 22 | $386 |
| GSK | 21 | $370 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 46 | $301 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $248 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $161 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $152 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $92 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $79 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,095 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 512 rheumatology providers in Texas.
Other rheumatology in San Antonio
- Pendleton WickershamSan Antonio$954K
- Thomas RennieSan Antonio$113K
- Kevin KempfSan Antonio$83K
- Alex DejesusSan Antonio$68K
- Jane AyalaSan Antonio$67K
- Pankhuri GuptaSan Antonio$58K
- Fernando SilvaSan Antonio$54K
- John CushDallas$3.7M
- Sanjay ChabraEl Paso$3.3M
- Dhiman BasuColleyville$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.