Liza Vazquez
Hematology & Oncology · Ponce, PRNPI 1700234085
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 506 payments — averaging $24.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Amgen$885
- PBG Puerto Rico LLC$847
- Merck$791
- plus $5K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,58795%
- Education$6555%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 73 | $1,908 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 76 | $1,723 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 49 | $1,132 |
| Amgen | 30 | $885 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 41 | $847 |
| Merck | 38 | $791 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $616 |
| Eli Lilly Export S.A. Puerto Rico Branch | 21 | $438 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 16 | $367 |
| Sobi, Inc | 11 | $314 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $301 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 14 | $284 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $232 |
| Bayer Puerto Rico Inc. | 9 | $222 |
| Seagen Inc. | 6 | $218 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $212 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $205 |
| Abbott | 4 | $178 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $144 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 5 | $123 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $118 |
| Novartis | 5 | $110 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Pharmaand GmbH | 3 | $43 |
| Gilead | 2 | $40 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Morphosys, US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Organon | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| 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.
How this compares
$12,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 138 hematology & oncology providers in Puerto Rico.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 16 | $215,227 |
| Anastrozole | 197 | $3,601 |
| Fentanyl | 11 | $1,330 |
| Hydroxyurea | 30 | $1,085 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 30 | $871 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 19 | $489 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $335 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 52 | $309 |
| Famotidine | 50 | $305 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $277 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $113 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisPromacta | $110 | $215,22716 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 45th percentile of 138 hematology & oncology providers in Puerto Rico.
Other hematology & oncology in Ponce
- Hector Velez CortesPonce$3.1M
- Anna di MarcoPonce$43K
- Jose CangianoPonce$34K
- Marynoll de la PazPonce$18K
- Mirelis AcostaSan Juan$6.3M
- Luis FloresSan Juan$2.3M
- Noridza Rivera RodriguezSan Juan$2.1M
- Adelba Torres-LopezSan Juan$1.9M
- Maria Garcia PallasCaguas$1.8M
- Karina Arocho-GonzalezHato Rey$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.