RxDoctor Payments Data

Tommy Parraga Acosta, MD

Infectious Disease · Huntsville, ALNPI 1235513672

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.4% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company at 40.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for infectious disease clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $923.

$613in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $68.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$248
  • Gilead$222
  • Merck$128
  • Insmed, Inc.$16

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$59797%
  • Education$163%

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

19
23
25

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
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company2$248
Gilead2$222
Merck4$128
Insmed, Inc.1$16

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

$613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 104 infectious disease providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$934,028
Medicare patients
595
Services billed
43,379

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
Daptomycin156$148,354
ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium115$53,235
DalvanceDalbavancin Hcl14$30,305
Meropenem25$15,436
Cefepime Hcl35$5,855
CeftriaxoneCeftriaxone Sodium44$5,513
Vancomycin Hcl18$2,108
Cefazolin Sodium22$1,387
Doxycycline Hyclate30$1,237
Sodium Chloride0.9 % Sodium Chloride118$828
Cephalexin20$553
Levofloxacin23$163
Dextrose In WaterDextrose 5 % In Water12$41

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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