Ruben Santiago-Lugo
Internal Medicine · Guaynabo, PRNPI 1750311197
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Modernatx, Inc. accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,394 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $7 in 2025.
Across 14 payments — averaging $140.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$218
- Merck$187
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$96
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$68
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$7
Across 208 payments — averaging $6421.14 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1.3M
- Bausch Health US, LLC$34K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,08855%
- Food & beverage$88245%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Modernatx, Inc. | 7 | $1,394 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $218 |
| Merck | 2 | $187 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $96 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $7 |
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
$1,971 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,043 internal medicine providers in Puerto Rico.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Jorge Torres OlmedaCoto Laurel$23K
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- Victor Gordo GonzalezSan Juan$21K
- Luis Rivera ColonRio Piedras$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.