Thomas Ortiz, MD
Family Medicine · Newark, NJNPI 1750312450
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 314 payments — averaging $15.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$613
- Amgen$548
- Boehringer Ingelheim$439
- Lilly USA, LLC$435
- AstraZeneca$395
- AbbVie$359
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,715100%
- Education$80%
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 | 47 | $613 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 43 | $548 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 31 | $439 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 37 | $435 |
| AstraZeneca | 26 | $395 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $359 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $291 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $247 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 9 | $199 |
| GSK | 13 | $182 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $156 |
| Bayer | 6 | $132 |
| Merck | 9 | $125 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Abbott | 4 | $71 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 3 | $45 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Novartis | 3 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| BD | 2 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SYMPLICITY G3$134
- TOUJEO$118
How this compares
$4,723 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,084 family medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 207 | $225,095 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 103 | $107,273 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 85 | $103,141 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 41 | $70,627 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 107 | $64,761 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 43 | $64,364 |
| SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 46 | $48,572 |
| EliquisApixaban | 51 | $46,960 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 54 | $36,192 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 25 | $30,968 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 26 | $27,500 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 16 | $20,007 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 34 | $18,012 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 11 | $17,203 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 70 | $16,246 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $439 | $319,178313 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $125 | $127,280119 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $435 | $103,14185 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $359 | $77,187118 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $548 | $70,62741 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort, Lokelma, Breztri Aerosphere | $395 | $66,953122 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $613 | $64,36443 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $182 | $56,05899 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $32 | $46,96051 claims |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc.Benicar | $43 | $4,53111 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 2,084 family medicine providers in New Jersey.
Other family medicine in Newark
- Howard HassmanClementon$47.1M
- Matthew HongNorth Cape May$15.3M
- Rubaba HussainClark$3.8M
- Gaurang BrahmbhattHoboken$2.6M
- Michael DobrowClifton$2.1M
- Mikhail VarshavskiChatham$1.4M
- Amit BhalodiaCamden$707K
- Jennifer AmicoNew Brunswick$627K
- Janet ColeFar Hills$466K
- Matthew PintoMarlton$239K
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.