RxDoctor Payments Data

Omar Nieves Ortiz, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · San Juan, PRNPI 1659456168

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,108 and has fallen 84.8% since, to $776 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in PR, where the typical reported total is $31,516.

$11,749in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 317 payments — averaging $37.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$4K
  • Boston Scientific$4K
  • Medtronic$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$866
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$622
  • PBG Puerto Rico LLC$383
  • plus $559 from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$5,05143%
  • Food & beverage$6,67857%
  • Education$200%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott148$3,674
Boston Scientific45$3,587
Medtronic20$2,058
Johnson & Johnson35$866
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)27$622
PBG Puerto Rico LLC18$383
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.16$365
Johnson And Johnson International3$85
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC2$34
CSL Behring1$25
Boehringer Ingelheim1$25
Novartis1$25

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

$11,749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$41,477
Medicare patients
94
Services billed
485

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban329$224,867
XareltoRivaroxaban179$120,058
MultaqDronedarone Hcl82$77,802
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan17$15,583
Metoprolol Succinate660$10,186
Amiodarone Hcl237$6,819
Dofetilide16$4,507
SotalolSotalol Hcl206$2,861
Digoxin140$2,696
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav51$872
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl41$856
Enalapril Maleate49$838
Losartan Potassium82$704
Irbesartan42$655
Doxycycline Hyclate45$625

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$866$120,058179 claims
NovartisEntresto$25$15,58317 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 20th percentile of 22 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Puerto Rico.

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