Irma Vazquez-Sanabria
Rheumatology · San Juan, PRNPI 1649421371
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 541 payments — averaging $19.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Amgen$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- Novartis$747
- UCB, Inc.$712
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,29998%
- Education$2052%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 79 | $1,749 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 102 | $1,638 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 17 | $1,343 |
| Pfizer | 75 | $1,057 |
| Novartis | 57 | $747 |
| UCB, Inc. | 57 | $712 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $688 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $345 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $311 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $272 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $248 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $190 |
| GSK | 7 | $155 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 7 | $126 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $94 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $91 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 4 | $80 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $51 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Organon | 3 | $32 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$10,610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 88 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 20 | $243,851 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 32 | $200,199 |
| Enbrel MiniEtanercept | 16 | $118,318 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 17 | $64,424 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 170 | $5,370 |
| Leflunomide | 123 | $4,333 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 43 | $2,845 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 135 | $2,737 |
| Colchicine | 36 | $2,055 |
| Risedronate Sodium | 16 | $1,646 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 81 | $1,311 |
| Pregabalin | 36 | $1,196 |
| Celecoxib | 62 | $1,190 |
| Febuxostat | 14 | $1,110 |
| Prednisone | 161 | $1,037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $1,749 | $200,19932 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $155 | $64,42417 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $14 | $2,05536 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 88 rheumatology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other rheumatology in San Juan
- Carlos PantojasSan Juan$3.2M
- Oscar Soto RaicesSan Juan$3.1M
- Radames Sierra ZoritaSan Juan$428K
- Paloma AlejandroSan Juan$347K
- Maria Chirino-SociasSan Juan$296K
- Yvonne FontSan Juan$193K
- Jose Ramirez VazquezSan Juan$171K
- Grissel RiosSan Juan$119K
- Valerie Marrero PereaSan Juan$10K
- Ariana Gonzalez-MelendezSan Juan$9K
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.