Kristine Cruz, MD
Surgery · Garden City, NYNPI 1780841569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 35 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Tactile Systems Technology Inc accounts for 65.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $395 and has fallen 83.3% since, to $66 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $1,254.
Across 35 payments — averaging $24.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$558
- Covidien LP$67
- Johnson & Johnson$57
- Boston Scientific$54
- Resmed Corp$54
- Medtronic$49
- plus $20 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$859100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 25 | $558 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $67 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $57 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $54 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $54 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $49 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$859 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,596 surgery providers in New York.
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 surgery in Garden City
- Jill DietzGarden City$101K
- Cheguevara AfanehNew York$1.4M
- Flavio Malcher Martins de OliveiraNew York$695K
- Yuri NovitskyNew York$548K
- Rasa ZarnegarNew York$478K
- Tanuja DamaniNew York$459K
- Benjamin SadowitzSyracuse$419K
- Stephen GoldstoneNy$386K
- Rache SimmonsNew York$371K
- George DenotoManhasset$333K
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.