Laura Cruse, MD
Rheumatology · Tampa, FLNPI 1043322019
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 462 payments — averaging $19.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- GSK$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Novartis$546
- Johnson & Johnson$410
- UCB, Inc.$344
- plus $2K from 20 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $129.42 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.
- GSK$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,922100%
- Education$320%
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 | 162 | $3,105 |
| GSK | 28 | $1,461 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 88 | $1,332 |
| Novartis | 41 | $546 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $410 |
| UCB, Inc. | 21 | $344 |
| Sanofi | 16 | $298 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 14 | $243 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 13 | $229 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 10 | $203 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $165 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $114 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $87 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $66 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Skyrizi$119
How this compares
$9,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
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 | 88 | $668,789 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 43 | $296,964 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 24 | $197,471 |
| RemicadeInfliximab | 13 | $103,933 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 13 | $95,778 |
| KevzaraSarilumab | 14 | $61,186 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 12 | $56,940 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 11 | $56,253 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 11 | $53,418 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 23 | $40,151 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 349 | $6,507 |
| Leflunomide | 74 | $2,736 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 174 | $1,944 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $1,941 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 24 | $1,388 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieHumira(Cf) | $3,105 | $296,96443 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel, Otezla, Prolia | $1,332 | $192,18247 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonRemicade | $410 | $103,93313 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $298 | $61,18614 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $1,461 | $56,94012 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 50th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Other rheumatology in Tampa
- Julio Gonzalez-PaoliTampa$2.5M
- John CarterTampa$2M
- Edgard JanerTampa$1.2M
- Kimberly SmithTampa$730K
- Jeffrey MillerTampa$608K
- Martha Hernandez IllasFort Lauderdale$25M
- Carlos SesinMiami Beach$19M
- Guillermo ValenzuelaPlantation$14.2M
- Marimer Rensoli VelazquezMiami$12.2M
- Robert LevinClearwater$11M
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.