Marta Suarez-Rivera
Pediatric Nephrology · San Juan, PRNPI 1023271061
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Travere Therapeutics, Inc. accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,034, more than ten times the $368 reported in 2019.
Across 51 payments — averaging $136.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$4K
- AstraZeneca$545
- GSK$353
- Bayer$260
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$179
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$144
- plus $1K from 12 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $3686.70 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.
- AbbVie$58K
- Rockwell Medical, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,80040%
- Travel & lodging$1,32119%
- Food & beverage$2,83141%
- Education$290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $4,442 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 12 | $545 |
| GSK | 4 | $353 |
| Bayer | 5 | $260 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $179 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $144 |
| Vertex | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $118 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Novartis | 4 | $80 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $75 |
| Amgen | 1 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $35 |
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 pediatric nephrology providers in Puerto Ricoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 12 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric nephrology in San Juan
- Maria GomezSan Juan$1K
- Rafael GonzalezSan Juan$1K
- Auda Plaud GonzalezSan Juan$896
- Juan Perez-RodriguezSan Juan$22
- Nilka Dejesus GonzalezRio Piedras$60K
- Melvin Bonilla-FelixSanturce$23K
- Janice Crespo SalgadoRio Piedras$2K
- Xamayta Negroni-BalasquideBayamon$2K
- Maria MelendezBayamon$915
- Urbano PaganPonce$476
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.