Patricia Rivera
Medical · McAllen, TXNPI 1134450232
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 286 payments — averaging $33.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$818
- Johnson & Johnson$728
- Lilly USA, LLC$565
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,52016%
- Food & beverage$7,91583%
- Education$1341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 7 | $1,784 |
| Medtronic | 52 | $1,605 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 35 | $1,470 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 51 | $818 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $728 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $565 |
| Novartis | 33 | $484 |
| Merck | 15 | $307 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $286 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $248 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $213 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $136 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $129 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $112 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $110 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $86 |
| Bayer | 4 | $80 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $37 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- XIENCE V$1,511
- MOUNJARO$350
- XARELTO$342
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$237
- CAMZYOS$230
- Micra$223
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$146
- Edora 8 DR-T$146
- Barostim Neo System$142
- ZEPBOUND$126
- Ozempic$125
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$125
- RYBELSUS$124
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$118
- Cobalt$114
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$112
- Diamondback Peripheral$104
- Sentus$101
- Edora$101
- Acticor$101
How this compares
$9,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 84 | $129,037 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 30 | $47,107 |
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $43,877 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $13,134 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 31 | $3,733 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 166 | $862 |
| Nitroglycerin | 35 | $788 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 21 | $624 |
| Furosemide | 115 | $609 |
| Losartan Potassium | 62 | $535 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 46 | $515 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 67 | $503 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 28 | $305 |
| Lisinopril | 43 | $303 |
| Ibuprofen | 15 | $279 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $484 | $129,03784 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $728 | $47,10730 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $110 | $43,87726 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $248 | $13,13414 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 90th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
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- Edgar GarciaMcAllen$17K
- Claudia MaldonadoMcAllen$15K
- Rolando VelazquezMcAllen$13K
- Jose de la CerdaSan Antonio$1.1M
- Mark DavisFort Worth$1M
- Joey Dixon-JulianBoerne$458K
- Terry FaleyeKingwood$243K
- Kimberly PoarchDallas$166K
- Erin DuhaimeDallas$150K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.