Vanessa Rodriguez Mier, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Ponce, PRNPI 1124362850
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,985 of the $13,574 with a category attached, or 88.3%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 25.5% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in PR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 447 payments — averaging $30.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Merck$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$985
- Boehringer Ingelheim$764
- plus $4K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50011%
- Food & beverage$11,98588%
- Education$901%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 131 | $3,457 |
| Merck | 10 | $1,839 |
| Abbott | 54 | $1,422 |
| Medtronic | 39 | $1,246 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 58 | $985 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $764 |
| Amgen | 17 | $644 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $637 |
| Bayer | 19 | $483 |
| Novartis | 12 | $425 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 23 | $403 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $381 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $278 |
| Bayer Puerto Rico Inc. | 8 | $214 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $178 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $89 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $59 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- PNEUMOVAX 23$1,500
- JARDIANCE$375
- FARXIGA$374
- WATCHMAN FLX$222
- LifeVest$203
- Micra$128
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$127
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$125
- ONYX FRONTIER$125
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$120
- AVEIR$116
- Reveal LINQ$110
- Watchman$103
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$103
- GENERAL BRADY$101
- RESONATE$101
- LEQVIO$100
How this compares
$13,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 267 cardiovascular disease providers in Puerto Rico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AdempasRiociguat | 13 | $180,684 |
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $33,845 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $12,741 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 13 | $11,092 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 14 | $9,842 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 114 | $2,316 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 26 | $1,612 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 42 | $1,348 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 106 | $1,313 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 12 | $862 |
| Losartan Potassium | 62 | $750 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 50 | $717 |
| Irbesartan | 17 | $622 |
| Fenofibrate | 20 | $588 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 21 | $583 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BayerAdempas | $483 | $180,68413 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $89 | $33,84526 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $381 | $12,74113 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $637 | $11,09213 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $764 | $9,84214 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 267 cardiovascular disease providers in Puerto Rico.
Other cardiovascular disease in Ponce
- Ulises Rodriguez RamosPonce$44K
- Edwin MolinaPonce$40K
- Edgardo Bermudez MorenoPonce$18K
- Brian Gonzalez SanabiaPonce$10K
- Jose GomezPonce$8K
- Oscar Quintero-SerranoPonce$7K
- Gerardo Alayon AntaPonce$7K
- Karen Rodriguez MaldonadoMayaguez$231K
- Jose NovoaBayamon$209K
- Manuel GuzmanSan Juan$203K
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.