RxDoctor Payments Data

Andres Ortiz Nieves, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Ponce, PRNPI 1831449560

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $4,421 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $111 in 2025.

$7,915in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 100 payments — averaging $79.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$6K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$455
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$368
  • Novo Nordisk$299
  • Dexcom, Inc.$286
  • Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch$223
  • plus $605 from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,12514%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$3,77048%
  • Travel & lodging$661%
  • Food & beverage$2,93937%
  • Education$160%

General payments by program year

19
20
21
22
23
24
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
Johnson & Johnson23$5,679
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC7$455
Boehringer Ingelheim8$368
Novo Nordisk8$299
Dexcom, Inc.16$286
Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch12$223
AstraZeneca6$199
Merck11$195
Amgen(2 entities)3$96
Abbott4$75
AbbVie1$25
Bayer Puerto Rico 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

$7,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

See all endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,827
Medicare patients
16
Services billed
41

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin421$317,955
OzempicSemaglutide301$316,268
MounjaroTirzepatide196$217,699
TrulicityDulaglutide147$152,027
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol214$144,235
SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl206$143,430
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl183$134,451
Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin195$117,469
Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide60$54,056
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl68$53,392
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium813$49,885
Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin66$41,816
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate60$41,439
Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl57$36,619
LantusInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog342$34,563

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy, Synjardy Xr, Trijardy Xr, Glyxambi$368$678,121938 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$299$339,815321 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$199$144,235214 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia, Janumet Xr$195$131,451185 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33, Lantus$455$88,619402 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$25$49,885813 claims
AmgenProlia$96$26,66715 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 70th percentile of 143 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Puerto Rico.

Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Ponce

See the full list for Puerto Rico

Where these figures come from

Is this you, or does something look wrong? →