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Covered recipient · General Payments record

BENIGNO L VARELA FERNANDEZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Hematology & Oncology

NPI
1255319380
CMS profile
329221
Location
SAN JUAN, PR

General Payments · PY2019–2022

$8,189.08

  • Reported across 253 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2022

$1,250.41

55 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,155.41 54
Education $95.00 1

By paying entity

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,628.91 55
PY2020 $1,292.90 59
PY2021 $2,016.86 84
PY2022 $1,250.41 55

Payment records · PY2022 (55)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2022 201920202021 Record-level detail is published for PY2022; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $17.75 01/24/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 892579375 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.00 06/07/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 892579377 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.00 06/09/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 892579379 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.00 01/25/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 939428725 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.00 02/01/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 939932123 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.00 03/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 939932127 CMS
Amgen Inc. $20.00 06/02/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 939932125 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.83 02/09/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 915482663 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.50 03/29/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 915178063 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.14 05/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 914805103 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.00 01/27/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 929757785 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.43 03/24/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 929757947 CMS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.43 05/16/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 929757739 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.35 02/02/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 932490747 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $25.00 04/27/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 932490769 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $16.95 05/04/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 932490771 CMS
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch $20.00 01/26/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 917903327 CMS
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch $20.00 03/14/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 917902187 CMS
Exelixis Inc. $26.67 06/22/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 932464093 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $18.05 01/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950803375 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $25.00 02/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950792215 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $20.28 03/08/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950791077 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $21.90 05/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950775339 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $14.96 06/02/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950767549 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $19.26 06/09/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 950692715 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $25.00 01/12/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 938825653 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $25.00 03/07/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 938825667 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $29.66 01/12/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944929411 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $12.39 02/14/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944929409 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $26.51 03/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944929407 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $95.00 01/10/2022 Education Undisputed 06/30/2026 886495003 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $25.00 01/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 886866869 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $25.00 02/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 886866865 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $25.00 04/13/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 886866873 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $20.00 04/20/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 886866871 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $25.00 06/21/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 886866867 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.67 02/08/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944460369 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.43 02/24/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944458925 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $11.75 03/31/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944458987 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.67 04/28/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944455093 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.88 05/25/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944458371 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $17.50 06/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 944455781 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.00 01/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 894431905 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $21.43 02/28/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 894431907 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.00 03/31/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 894431909 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.23 06/08/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 894431911 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $25.00 06/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 894431913 CMS
PBG PUERTO RICO LLC $22.67 02/07/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 949067035 CMS
PBG PUERTO RICO LLC $25.00 02/23/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 949069513 CMS
PBG PUERTO RICO LLC $15.95 03/24/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 949537825 CMS
PBG PUERTO RICO LLC $25.00 05/31/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 949171089 CMS
Seagen Inc. $20.00 04/25/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 904093875 CMS
Taiho Oncology, Inc. $21.17 03/03/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 924015159 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $22.00 03/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 955585475 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $25.00 06/28/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 955585477 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2022_P06302026_06032026.csv

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