Bernadine Cruz
Nurse Practitioner · Hilliard, OHNPI 1366772782
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 278 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,299, 5.6 times the $412 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in OH 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 278 payments — averaging $17.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$793
- Bristol Myers Squibb$631
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$534
- Johnson & Johnson$392
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$300
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$278
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,91498%
- Education$842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 41 | $793 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 72 | $631 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 34 | $534 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $392 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 23 | $300 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $278 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $247 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $181 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $179 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $153 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $146 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $131 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $123 |
| Abbott | 1 | $122 |
| Merck | 3 | $109 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $45 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Organon | 2 | $37 |
| Digestive Care, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Orphalan Inc | 2 | $33 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Gilead | 1 | $23 |
| Curium US LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- KRYSTEXXA$125
- FreeStyle Libre$122
- IBSRELA$112
- OCALIVA$111
How this compares
$4,998 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,700 nurse practitioner providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $228 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Hilliard
- Jessica OkeyHilliard$10K
- Margaret BobonichCleveland$235K
- Mary GallagherWestlake$229K
- Sonia HissettCincinnati$179K
- Ashley TaylorNew Albany$107K
- Beth FaimanCleveland$101K
- Katherine AlexanderColumbus$99K
- Tiffany JonesCincinnati$99K
- Kate NewmanWestlake$78K
- Daniella GerySouth Euclid$73K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.