RxDoctor Payments Data

Jose Rodriguez Santiago, MD

Rheumatology · Santurce, PRNPI 1942241427

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.2%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 95.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,671 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $296 in 2025. Among rheumatology 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.

$26,047in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 109 payments — averaging $238.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$25K
  • Johnson & Johnson$381
  • Novartis$276
  • Amgen$245
  • PBG Puerto Rico LLC$186
  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$120
  • plus $103 from 3 others
$6,542in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $726.86 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.

  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$6K
  • Novartis$909

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$11,78245%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$9,22535%
  • Travel & lodging$1,6246%
  • Food & beverage$3,32813%
  • Education$880%

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
AbbVie69$24,735
Johnson & Johnson11$381
Novartis4$276
Amgen7$245
PBG Puerto Rico LLC11$186
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$120
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC3$52
GSK2$26
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$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.

How this compares

$26,047 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$6,748
Medicare patients
35
Services billed
84

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
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab378$2,606,023
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept159$1,181,082
RinvoqUpadacitinib80$516,622
EnbrelEtanercept55$413,018
Orencia ClickjectAbatacept42$239,961
Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate39$228,094
ProliaDenosumab101$178,721
OrenciaAbatacept22$134,277
ActemraTocilizumab26$121,323
BenlystaBelimumab15$71,475
SavellaMilnacipran Hcl49$25,903
Piroxicam575$21,245
Etodolac375$15,364
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate425$14,904
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium836$13,382

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
AmgenEnbrel, Prolia$245$591,739156 claims
AbbVieRinvoq, Savella$24,735$542,525129 claims
GSKBenlysta$26$71,47515 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCMycophenolate Mofetil$120$99513 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 88 rheumatology providers in Puerto Rico.

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