Jose Velez Velez, MD
Neurology · Sabana Grande, PRNPI 1295181188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 126 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 126 payments — averaging $38.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$957
- EMD Serono, Inc.$913
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$635
- Novartis$614
- AbbVie$391
- Genentech USA, Inc.$250
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,836100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 34 | $957 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 10 | $913 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $635 |
| Novartis | 32 | $614 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $391 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 6 | $250 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 10 | $205 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $156 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $138 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $71 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch | 1 | $29 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
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
$4,836 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 129 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galantamine Hbr | 271 | $29,063 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 229 | $9,663 |
| Memantine Hcl | 245 | $8,522 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 409 | $4,327 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 516 | $3,964 |
| Primidone | 83 | $2,757 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 102 | $1,919 |
| Levetiracetam | 40 | $1,540 |
| Topiramate | 85 | $897 |
| Gabapentin | 135 | $841 |
| Carbamazepine | 26 | $819 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 69 | $778 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 88 | $768 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 55 | $767 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 66 | $708 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Sabana Grande
- Angel ChineaGuaynabo$1.7M
- Jose Avila OrnelasCaguas$538K
- Franchesca Fiorito-TorresSan Juan$453K
- Patricia de JesusCaguas$310K
- Mari GarciaSan Juan$138K
- Cristina Cabret-AymatSan Juan$108K
- Gishlaine Alfonso MendezSan Juan$53K
- Laura Surillo-DahdahGuaynabo$31K
- Jessica Abreu-GarciaPonce$30K
- Ivonne Fraga BerriosHato Rey$23K
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.