Damian Grovas Abad, MD
Interventional Cardiology · San Juan, PRNPI 1992900849
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 770 payments — averaging $646.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$323K
- Boston Scientific$98K
- Medtronic$60K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$15K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$499
- AstraZeneca$314
- plus $987 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$271,39955%
- Speaking & faculty fees$198,10040%
- Travel & lodging$11,8392%
- Food & beverage$16,5853%
- Education$380%
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 | 477 | $322,776 |
| Boston Scientific | 77 | $98,110 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 132 | $60,180 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 19 | $15,096 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 20 | $499 |
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $314 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 5 | $302 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $177 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $120 |
| Amgen | 1 | $119 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $45 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- ABSOLUTE PRO$96,625
- SUPERA$65,501
- AVVIGO Guidance System$45,500
- Xience V coronary stent system$37,581
- OPTIS$37,000
- SYNERGY$22,142
- Chocolate PTA Balloon$21,000
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$19,936
- OPTICROSS$16,000
- XIENCE V$15,500
- ELUVIA$11,875
- Supera peripheral stent system$10,400
- Diamondback Peripheral$8,500
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$7,750
- Diamondback Coronary$7,294
- Optitorque$7,000
- Heartrail$7,000
- Glidesheath$7,000
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$7,000
- TR Band$4,500
How this compares
$497,962 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 interventional cardiology providers in Puerto Rico.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 99 | $61,407 |
| EliquisApixaban | 32 | $23,719 |
| Cilostazol | 454 | $11,137 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 947 | $8,312 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $6,806 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 129 | $1,223 |
| Enalapril Maleate | 29 | $795 |
| Chlorthalidone | 35 | $721 |
| Acetazolamide | 11 | $579 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 66 | $526 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 41 | $506 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 21 | $459 |
| Ezetimibe | 31 | $430 |
| Losartan Potassium | 45 | $407 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 36 | $355 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $177 | $61,40799 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $314 | $6,80615 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 95th percentile of 39 interventional cardiology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other interventional cardiology in San Juan
- Eric Carro JimenezSan Juan$416K
- Edwin I Perez MarreroSan Juan$129K
- Miguel Campos EsteveSan Juan$8K
- Jaime Rivera-BabiloniaSan Juan$7K
- Carlos Vazquez SosaSan Juan$4K
- Felix Lugo AdamsSan Juan$2K
- Orlando RodriguezSan Juan$366
- Pedro Colon HernandezCaguas$980K
- Hector Martinez GonzalezMayaguez$261K
- Alejandro Lopez MasPonce$142K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.