Ruben Cruz
Psychiatry · Meridian, MSNPI 1386796654
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 181 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alkermes, Inc. at 38.3% of the total.
Across 181 payments — averaging $23.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$862
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$375
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$356
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$268
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$201
- plus $523 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,189100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 69 | $1,604 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 42 | $862 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 18 | $375 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $356 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 7 | $268 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $201 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $165 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $143 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $127 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $39 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $28 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$4,189 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 219 psychiatry providers in Mississippi.
Other psychiatry in Meridian
- Kim NagelMeridian$5K
- Terry JordanMeridian$5K
- William TouchstoneMeridian$4K
- Mary LarkinMeridian$2K
- Patricia DudleyMeridian$2K
- Maxie GordonClinton$1.3M
- Kurt BuechlerRidgeland$1.1M
- Chasity TorrenceWhitfield$834K
- Jon JacksonJackson$834K
- John NortonJackson$173K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.