Linda Cruz Montes, MD
Family Practice · Trujillo Alto, PRNPI 1245379031
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. AstraZeneca accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $375 and has fallen 86.3% since, to $51 in 2025.
Across 27 payments — averaging $41.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$688
- Boehringer Ingelheim$159
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$125
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$65
- GSK$51
- PBG Puerto Rico LLC$30
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,134100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $688 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $159 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| GSK | 1 | $51 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
Too few family practice providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JentaduetoLinagliptin/Metformin Hcl | 104 | $93,374 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 79 | $77,877 |
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $55,308 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 382 | $44,985 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 42 | $43,592 |
| Trijardy XrEmpaglifloz/Linaglip/Metformin | 37 | $34,604 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $34,300 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 38 | $30,676 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $28,735 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 22 | $25,390 |
| Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin | 18 | $15,354 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 13 | $13,594 |
| Humalog Mix 75-25Insulin Lispro Protamin/Lispro | 51 | $13,325 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 98 | $12,844 |
| Irbesartan | 192 | $8,351 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJentadueto, Tradjenta, Trijardy Xr, Jardiance, Synjardy Xr | $159 | $253,748262 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $688 | $43,59242 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $125 | $5,41935 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. There are too few family practice providers in Puerto Ricoon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other family practice in Trujillo Alto
- Blanca FernandezPonce$2K
- Victor Rodriguez VenegasPonce$719
- Edgardo Tarafa FelicianoVega Baja$473
- Hector MaldonadoSan Juan$413
- Hector JuarbeHalillo$59
- Guillermo Tirado SantosCidra$0
- Rodolfo OrozcoToa Baja$0
- Ana Garcia MarreroToa Alta$0
- Eddy EscobarMayaguez$0
- Mayra Soto-GoitiaHato Rey$0
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.