Enrique Rodriguez-Paz
Internal Medicine · Ponce, PRNPI 1235770074
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.1%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 26.9% of the total. Among internal medicine 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 136 payments — averaging $102.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$467
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,35710%
- Travel & lodging$4,54733%
- Food & beverage$7,79556%
- Education$2011%
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 | 24 | $3,738 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 26 | $2,517 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $2,008 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $1,687 |
| Abiomed | 11 | $1,287 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $467 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $358 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $320 |
| GSK | 3 | $207 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $191 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $176 |
| Bayer | 8 | $164 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $134 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $101 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $100 |
| Merck | 3 | $64 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $31 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $29 |
| Agepha Pharma FZ LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$2,155
- PROSTAR$1,749
- Impella$1,054
- OPTIS$1,026
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$335
- Indigo System$303
- Micra$156
- TherOx DS2 Console$148
- Catheter$148
- Downstream Cartridge$148
- General - Balloon Catheters$147
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$146
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$137
- SYMPLICITY G3$126
- CAMZYOS$124
- NUCALA$115
- ANGIO-SEAL$104
- Yupelri$101
How this compares
$13,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,043 internal medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $8,755 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $320 | $8,75516 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 1,043 internal medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Other internal medicine in Ponce
- Hector Martinez FornaPonce$19K
- Elizabeth BarrancoPonce$15K
- Carlos RiveraPonce$12K
- Darcy Diago BlancoPonce$10K
- Rafael Espinet PerezPonce$7K
- Brian Torres MercadoPonce$6K
- Raul Cota LeyPonce$6K
- Humberto SimonettiPonce$6K
- Stephen Bury FiolPonce$5K
- Eduardo Colon MelendezPonce$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.