Helion Cruz, MD
Neurology · Hendersonville, TNNPI 1871579409
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,159 payments — averaging $16.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Biogen$1K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$1K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$974
- plus $11K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$270%
- Food & beverage$18,79299%
- Education$1071%
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.
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.
How this compares
$18,927 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 361 neurology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 14 | $351,224 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 31 | $243,609 |
| VumerityDiroximel Fumarate | 14 | $113,794 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 12 | $104,284 |
| Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 13 | $102,831 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 110 | $102,027 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 61 | $86,241 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 23 | $75,286 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 13 | $72,504 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 56 | $67,473 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 41 | $46,465 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 35 | $41,318 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 31 | $40,859 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 15 | $31,797 |
| OngentysOpicapone | 36 | $27,237 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C | $106 | $351,22414 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo, Copaxone | $1,068 | $316,11344 claims |
| BiogenVumerity, Avonex (4 Pack) | $1,300 | $216,62527 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta | $2,303 | $113,93897 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $350 | $86,24161 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact | $1,134 | $41,31835 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $148 | $40,85931 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $579 | $31,79715 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $96 | $27,34773 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ongentys | $650 | $27,23736 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $49 | $13,66825 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 70th percentile of 361 neurology providers in Tennessee.
Other neurology in Hendersonville
- Lee SteinCordova$22.6M
- Sibyl WrayKnoxville$21.6M
- Lora McGillMemphis$7.5M
- Thomas ArnoldCordova$5.5M
- Daniel ClaassenNashville$3.5M
- Samuel HunterSpring Hill$2.9M
- Randall TrudellKnoxville$2.8M
- Oleksandra DrynCordova$2.8M
- Siddharama PawateNashville$2M
- Anthony NicholasMemphis$1.8M
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.