Ruben Franco
Medical · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1104908839
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,416 of the $4,193 with a category attached, or 81.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 54.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,811 and has fallen 88.8% since, to $202 in 2025. Among medical clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 147 payments — averaging $28.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- AbbVie$495
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$362
- Globus Medical$202
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$188
- Pfizer$129
- plus $518 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77719%
- Food & beverage$3,41681%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 64 | $2,300 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $495 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $362 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $202 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 8 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $129 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $108 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Senza$1,029
How this compares
$4,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 156 medical providers in New Mexico.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 1,090 | $29,225 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 622 | $16,340 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 13 | $13,648 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 62 | $11,176 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 144 | $10,026 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 245 | $10,019 |
| SeroquelQuetiapine Fumarate | 11 | $9,939 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $8,343 |
| ButransBuprenorphine | 12 | $3,726 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 119 | $3,249 |
| Buprenorphine | 11 | $3,055 |
| Pregabalin | 199 | $3,047 |
| Gabapentin | 235 | $2,886 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 261 | $2,706 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 49 | $1,937 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerLyrica | $129 | $13,64813 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 95th percentile of 156 medical providers in New Mexico.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.