Fernando Rivera Cruz, MD
Surgery · San Juan, PRNPI 1588774111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $21,438 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $161 in 2025. Among surgery 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 85 payments — averaging $1032.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$43K
- Medtronic$43K
- Johnson And Johnson International$685
- Johnson & Johnson$567
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$125
- Bayer$114
- plus $53 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$43,00049%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,13345%
- Travel & lodging$3,2324%
- Food & beverage$2,4023%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 21 | $43,305 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 39 | $42,917 |
| Johnson And Johnson International | 10 | $685 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $567 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Bayer | 1 | $114 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 1 | $25 |
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.
- XLIF$33,135
- ALIF$11,116
- CLYDESDALE$10,030
- CLYDESDALE PTC SPINAL SYSTEM$9,092
- CD HORIZON$8,000
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$7,475
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$774
- DIVERGENCE-L$532
- SOVEREIGN SPINAL SYSTEM$493
- Envarsus$250
- STRATAFIX$227
- Modulus$135
- DERMABOND PRINEO$131
- CoRoent$116
- Adempas$114
- EVICEL$107
- HARMONIC Product Family$107
- ETHICON$101
How this compares
$87,766 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 202 surgery providers in Puerto Rico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 202 | $10,342 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $28 | $10,342202 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 202 surgery providers in Puerto Rico.
Other surgery in San Juan
- Jorge Pelet MejiasSan Juan$50K
- Eric EscribanoSan Juan$13K
- Milagros Fernandez VazquezSan Juan$12K
- William Mendez LatalladiSan Juan$10K
- Edwin Torres RiveraSan Juan$8K
- Jorge Sanchez-VivaldiSan Juan$7K
- Vangie Texidor CabanillasSan Juan$7K
- Eduardo Chinea AmadeoSan Juan$6K
- Albert Suarez-DominguezSan Juan$6K
- Pedro Hernandez RiveraSan Juan$5K
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.