RxDoctor Payments Data

Rosa Michel Ortega, MD

Hematology & Oncology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1942513320

Payments from drug & device makers

$10,342in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 544 payments — averaging $19.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$786
  • Pfizer$710
  • AstraZeneca$651
  • Merck$443
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$434
  • plus $6K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1501%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2502%
  • Food & beverage$9,90796%
  • Education$350%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novartis64$1,068
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)42$786
Pfizer49$710
AstraZeneca(2 entities)35$651
Merck21$443
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.27$434
Amgen29$398
Genentech USA, Inc.20$382
Seagen Inc.21$321
Bristol Myers Squibb14$301
AbbVie15$287
Novocure GmbH1$250
GSK12$233
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.7$233
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company15$233
Incyte Corporation13$232
Sanofi12$219
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$217
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC3$197
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$188
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.9$174
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.7$161
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC5$136
Gilead(2 entities)8$136
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.6$132
Octapharma USA, Inc.1$124
Eisai Inc.6$123
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.6$117
EMD Serono, Inc.8$113
Boehringer Ingelheim5$101
Coherus Oncology, Inc.5$96
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation3$85
Astellas Pharma US Inc4$81
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC5$81
Exelixis Inc.3$62
Bayer3$55
Sobi, Inc3$51
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$48
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1$41
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.2$41
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$39
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.2$39
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$38
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
Immunocore Limited1$37
Morphosys, US Inc.2$36
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.2$31
Grifols USA, LLC1$27
Blueprint Medicines Corporation2$26
Geron Corporation1$25
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$25
Genmab U.S., Inc.1$24
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1$19
Beigene USA, Inc.1$18
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.1$17
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation1$17
Array Biopharma Inc1$17
Tersera Therapeutics LLC1$16
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$16
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 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

$10,342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 177 hematology & oncology providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,620,929
Medicare patients
838
Services billed
232,874

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
XtandiEnzalutamide18$236,746
ImbruvicaIbrutinib11$175,220
Lenalidomide11$137,285
EliquisApixaban83$80,088
XareltoRivaroxaban69$54,283
Abiraterone Acetate15$14,757
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate45$2,242
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen80$1,626
Oxycodone Hcl49$1,114
Letrozole38$797
Fentanyl11$723
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen27$607
Morphine Sulfate14$571
Anastrozole33$316
Amitriptyline Hcl18$284

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi$81$236,74618 claims
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica$233$175,22011 claims
PfizerEliquis$710$80,08883 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$786$54,28369 claims
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate$197$14,75715 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 45th percentile of 177 hematology & oncology providers in Alabama.

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