Virginia Gamez
Family · El Paso, TXNPI 1467922930
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 296 payments — averaging $30.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$948
- Bayer$457
- Radius Health, Inc.$352
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,983100%
- Education$200%
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 | 40 | $2,681 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 68 | $1,129 |
| AbbVie | 32 | $1,069 |
| Novo Nordisk | 47 | $948 |
| Bayer | 29 | $457 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 10 | $352 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $295 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $290 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $263 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $184 |
| GSK | 7 | $176 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $131 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $128 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $106 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Biogen | 1 | $81 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Amgen | 2 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $44 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$9,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 239 | $408,653 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 202 | $255,453 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 162 | $244,609 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 140 | $202,792 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 51 | $111,875 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 64 | $108,081 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 48 | $82,630 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 40 | $68,439 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 42 | $51,101 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 45 | $49,553 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 18 | $49,366 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 55 | $43,786 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 21 | $25,497 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 18 | $21,980 |
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $20,475 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $1,129 | $477,092279 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $2,681 | $265,165214 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $948 | $219,957115 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $290 | $202,792140 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $51 | $82,63048 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $457 | $51,10142 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,069 | $49,55345 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $352 | $49,36618 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $131 | $25,49721 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $106 | $20,47513 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $19 | $19,12517 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $55 | $16,95018 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 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in El Paso
- Margarita FavelaEl Paso$73K
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.