Margarita Ruiz
Physician Assistant · Chicago, ILNPI 1194998237
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 171 payments — averaging $21.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$584
- AbbVie$542
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$294
- Pfizer$232
- Tris Pharma Inc$201
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$179
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,654100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $584 |
| AbbVie | 24 | $542 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $294 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $232 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 10 | $201 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 10 | $179 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $155 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 8 | $136 |
| Gilead | 5 | $136 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $118 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $118 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $92 |
| Amgen | 4 | $86 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $68 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $52 |
| GSK | 3 | $52 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $48 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $35 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,654 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 26 | $315 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $165 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $162 |
| Lorazepam | 29 | $159 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $150 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $133 |
| Lisinopril | 19 | $112 |
| Metformin Hcl | 15 | $78 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $74 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chicago
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Jessica KarlChicago$71K
- Kelly OconnorChicago$36K
- Christa CooperChicago$36K
- Audrey FenwickChicago$29K
- Amy LadewskiChicago$29K
- Lindsey KalhagenChicago$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.