Care Atlas / Open Payments / Puerto Rico Industry payments to physicians · Puerto Rico · 2024
Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, drug and device makers reported $8M in general payments to
6,454 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of
$1,166 each — plus $35M tied to research and $0 in ownership interests.
A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing — many are research grants,
consulting fees, or royalties a physician earns on a device they invented. Transparency, not a verdict.
6,454
covered recipients paid
Top specialties in Puerto Rico General payments by specialty; the figure on the right is the average per physician.
General Practice $643,523 $380/phys
Hematology & Oncology $563,782 $5,034/phys
Neurology $548,929 $5,967/phys
Internal Medicine $524,938 $865/phys
Interventional Cardiology $347,811 $9,937/phys
Nephrology $345,343 $2,636/phys
Pulmonary Disease $344,014 $2,966/phys
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $315,561 $2,744/phys
Ophthalmology $293,007 $1,713/phys
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine $279,755 $25,432/phys
Cardiovascular Disease $244,093 $1,168/phys
Urology $234,340 $2,858/phys
Highest-paid physicians in Puerto Rico By total general payments, 2024 — largely device royalties to inventor-physicians.
Fernando Villamil Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · San Juan · top payer: L&K BIOMED CO. , LTD. $272,370
Angel Chinea Neurology · Guaynabo · top payer: EMD Serono, Inc. $238,746
Eddie Rodriguez Castro Nephrology · Toa Baja · top payer: Amgen Inc. $192,436
Damian Grovas Abad Interventional Cardiology · San Juan · top payer: Abbott Laboratories $169,588
Alvaro Aranda Rodriguez Pulmonary Disease · Guaynabo · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $159,368
Nelson Vallejo Internal Medicine · Las Piedras · top payer: ViiV Healthcare Company $141,059
Jose Garcia Mateo Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Ponce · top payer: Lilly USA, LLC $120,116
Jose Avila Ornelas Neurology · Caguas · top payer: Biogen, Inc. $118,010
Jose Montes Ophthalmology · San Juan · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $105,476
Soria Diaz Baez General Practice · Ponce · top payer: CSL Plasma Inc. $95,725
Wilfredo Cuevas General Practice · San Lorenzo · top payer: ViiV Healthcare Company $90,913
Maria Berrocal Fernandez Ophthalmology · San Juan · top payer: Genentech USA, Inc. $88,047
Cristina Ramos Allergy & Immunology · San Juan · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $81,435
Alberto Santiago Cornier Clinical Genetics (M.D.) · Santurce · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $74,241
Janice Rodriguez Hernandez Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Guaynabo · top payer: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. $70,554
Marisel Bosques Rosado Infectious Disease · Hato Rey · top payer: ViiV Healthcare Company $66,880
Cristian Rodriguez Arocho Hematology & Oncology · San Juan · top payer: Genmab U.S., Inc. $64,335
Alexis Cruz Chacon Hematology & Oncology · San Juan · top payer: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $64,132
Ronald Collazo Pagan Internal Medicine · Manati · top payer: ViiV Healthcare Company $61,467
William Hurtado-Santiago Nephrology · Mayaguez · top payer: Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. $60,246
Tania Gonzalez Santiago Dermatopathology · Caguas · top payer: Genzyme Corporation $60,039
Franchesca Fiorito-Torres Neurology · San Juan · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $59,922
Ricardo Fernandez Internal Medicine · San Juan · top payer: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $56,829
Noelani Gonzalez-Ortiz Dermatology · San Juan · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $53,085
Ahmed Morales Jorge Gastroenterology · Coto Laurel · top payer: Lilly USA, LLC $52,673
RECORDED — CMS Open Payments
figures for program year 2024.
DERIVED — state totals,
per-physician means, and rankings are sums over those records.
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What this is — and is not
A disclosure record of industry–physician financial ties in Puerto Rico — not evidence that any
payment influenced care, not a measure of a physician's quality, and not advice
about your own doctor. To verify a specific physician, search CMS Open Payments directly.