Heliodoro Ruiz
General Practice · Hialeah, FLNPI 1831529932
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Chiesi USA, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for general practice clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $253.
Across 1 payment — averaging $13.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$14
Across 55 payments — averaging $29,364 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.3M
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$280K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$14 in reported general payments places this provider in the 0th percentile of 6,901 general practice providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $5,986 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 11 | $2,069 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 52 | $203 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 21 | $156 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $152 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $135 |
| Lisinopril | 21 | $119 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 | $105 |
| Lisinopril-HydrochlorothiazideLisinopril/Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $84 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 26 | $83 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $82 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 12 | $59 |
| Losartan Potassium | 18 | $44 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $28 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Hialeah
- Daniel BasultoHialeah$31K
- Jose GonzalezHialeah$21K
- Julian MarquezHialeah$18K
- Robert VogelPalm Beach Gardens$1M
- Bruce OuelletteWest Palm Beach$724K
- Caley CasteleinMiami Beach$586K
- Sarah JockinTampa$308K
- Mario RomeroSarasota$275K
- Robert RitterJupiter$233K
- Robert AltharPensacola$231K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.