Joseph Maldonado, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Arecibo, PRNPI 1508937707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 21 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $391, 4.2 times the $93 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in PR, where the typical reported total is $2,666.
Across 21 payments — averaging $48.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$527
- Boston Scientific$227
- AbbVie$75
- Abbott$65
- Johnson & Johnson$60
- Boehringer Ingelheim$32
- plus $39 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,025100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 5 | $527 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $227 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $75 |
| Abbott | 3 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $60 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $32 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $20 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $13 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $6 |
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.
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$151
- SYMPLICITY G3$146
- NA$127
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$122
How this compares
$1,025 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 267 cardiovascular disease 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.
Other cardiovascular disease in Arecibo
- Juan Nieves-RiveraArecibo$50K
- Jorge Ballester MaldonadoArecibo$12K
- Victor Salgado BravoArecibo$9K
- Suely Roman LopezArecibo$8K
- Karen Rodriguez MaldonadoMayaguez$231K
- Jose NovoaBayamon$209K
- Manuel GuzmanSan Juan$203K
- Luis Rosado CarrilloGuaynabo$173K
- Jorge GonzalezCaguas$114K
- Luis GelyCaguas$89K
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.