Alberto Rivera Rosado
Orthopaedic Surgery · Santurce, PRNPI 1720282726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $119,657 of the $197,329 with a category attached, or 60.6%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Exactech, Inc. at 59.5% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 223 payments — averaging $884.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exactech, Inc.$117K
- Zimmer Biomet$35K
- Smith+Nephew$30K
- Linvatec Corporation$12K
- Arthrex$2K
- Encore Medical, LP$860
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$119,65761%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,52010%
- Travel & lodging$47,01724%
- Food & beverage$10,2055%
- Education$9300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exactech, Inc. | 71 | $117,373 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 51 | $34,858 |
| Smith+Nephew | 53 | $29,693 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 9 | $11,510 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $1,529 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 3 | $860 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 7 | $561 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 5 | $347 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 1 | $196 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $110 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 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.
- EQUINOXE$104,742
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$12,634
- Suturefix$11,296
- EQUINOXE PHX SYSTEM$10,989
- SHOULDER MANUAL INSTRUMENTS$8,600
- REGENESORB$8,556
- TENOLOK$7,800
- HEALICOIL PK Shoulder$6,000
- Healicoil$5,949
- GENESIS II$5,660
- Comprehensive Shoulder$5,500
- Latarjet System$3,733
- Journey Uni$2,060
- Journey II XR$1,828
- LINVATEC ARTHROSCOPY$1,800
- Anthology$1,378
- NOVATION HIP$1,205
- SUTUREFIX XL$1,200
- AETOS Shoulder System$1,054
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$714
How this compares
$197,329 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 94 orthopaedic surgery providers in Puerto Rico.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 121 | $71,169 |
| Gabapentin | 538 | $3,894 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 281 | $3,390 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 245 | $1,529 |
| Methylprednisolone | 103 | $921 |
| Meloxicam | 133 | $683 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $451 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 63 | $384 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $293 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 26 | $265 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 17 | $219 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Santurce
- Andres Muniz MartinezCayey$56K
- David Beaton ComuladaSan Juan$29K
- John KaganHumacao$27K
- Juan Santiago TorresHatillo$24K
- Ariel Davila-ParrillaSan Juan$21K
- Francisco Lopez-GonzalezSan Juan$16K
- Jose Rodriguez DiazDorado$14K
- Edil Jimenez-PerezBayamon$14K
- Eric Hernandez-OrtizPonce$14K
- Richard Valentin BlasiniBayamon$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.