RxDoctor Payments Data

Hilton Franqui-Rivera, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Toa Alta, PRNPI 1336342096

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 49.0% of the total. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$131,389in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 493 payments — averaging $266.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$64K
  • Medtronic$46K
  • Abbott$16K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • Amgen$585
  • Johnson & Johnson$366
  • plus $888 from 7 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$17,58213%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$75,02457%
  • Travel & lodging$21,23116%
  • Food & beverage$17,55313%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)101$64,421
Medtronic(2 entities)147$45,506
Abbott150$16,224
Boston Scientific55$3,400
Amgen5$585
Johnson & Johnson11$366
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.6$228
PBG Puerto Rico LLC9$196
Biotronik Inc.5$191
Bayer1$125
Johnson And Johnson International1$113
Novartis1$20
Chiesi USA, Inc.1$15

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

$131,389 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$25,018
Medicare patients
122
Services billed
271

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban93$79,721
MultaqDronedarone Hcl70$65,672
XareltoRivaroxaban32$27,374
Flecainide Acetate44$3,103
Midodrine Hcl22$1,322
Metoprolol Succinate45$1,195
Amiodarone Hcl45$754
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl12$723
Digoxin11$489
Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen50$425
Doxycycline Hyclate20$246
Doxycycline Monohydrate24$213

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$366$27,37432 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 90th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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