Angela Torres Torres
Independent Medical Examiner · Ponce, PRNPI 1457858425
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 165 payments — averaging $42.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$788
- Stryker$621
- AstraZeneca$608
- Johnson & Johnson$564
- Novartis$480
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,81926%
- Food & beverage$4,38062%
- Education$83112%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 18 | $1,957 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 34 | $788 |
| Stryker | 1 | $621 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $608 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $564 |
| Novartis | 41 | $480 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $406 |
| Bayer | 6 | $300 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $199 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $131 |
| GSK | 1 | $119 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $97 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 3 | $91 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $63 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
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.
- MERLIN@HOME$1,149
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$621
- FARXIGA$239
- ENSITE$237
- Kerendia$230
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$119
- Indigo System$117
- VRAYLAR$115
- FFRct$104
- PRALUENT$100
How this compares
Too few independent medical examiner providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 29 | $404 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $327 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 28 | $256 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $137 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $130 |
| Lisinopril | 17 | $123 |
| Carvedilol | 16 | $117 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other independent medical examiner in Ponce
- Eileen QuinonesHormigueros$350
- Ramon Torres VegaLares$189
- Ferdinand FelicianoCayey$68
- Ayleen Roman-CruzArecibo$37
- Jorge Colon MoralesBayamon$22
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.