Al Jerome Cruz, DNP, ARNP

NPI: 1932585585
Total Payments
$1,396
2024 Payments
$456.36
Companies
13
Transactions
70
Medicare Patients
1,000
Medicare Billing
$49,907

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$1,396 (100.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $1,396 70 100.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABBVIE INC. $350.08 22 $0 (2024)
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $195.08 6 $0 (2024)
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $181.62 10 $0 (2024)
Corium, LLC $169.89 5 $0 (2024)
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $108.04 5 $0 (2024)
Novo Nordisk Inc $85.36 5 $0 (2024)
Alkermes, Inc. $85.25 4 $0 (2023)
Lundbeck LLC $76.70 5 $0 (2024)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $47.59 2 $0 (2024)
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $40.05 3 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $456.36 27 ABBVIE INC. ($165.92)
2023 $675.92 29 Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. ($180.95)
2022 $170.05 8 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. ($65.40)
2021 $94.06 6 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. ($36.07)

All Payment Transactions

70 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/17/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.43 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
12/09/2024 Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. Auvelity (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.13 General
Category: Psychology/Psychiatric
12/04/2024 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Qelbree (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.13 General
Category: VILOXAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
11/22/2024 Lundbeck LLC REXULTI (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $13.44 General
Category: PSYCHIATRY
11/18/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.66 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
11/04/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.66 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
10/14/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.03 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
09/23/2024 Corium, LLC Azstarys (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.76 General
Category: CNS Stimulant for ADHD
09/23/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.24 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
09/11/2024 Novo Nordisk Inc Rybelsus (Drug), Ozempic Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.17 General
Category: Diabetes
08/26/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.41 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
07/22/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.07 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
07/16/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.54 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
07/02/2024 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Qelbree (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.96 General
Category: VILOXAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
07/02/2024 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Qelbree (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.59 General
Category: VILOXAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
07/01/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.19 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
06/04/2024 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Qelbree (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.44 General
Category: VILOXAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
05/03/2024 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Qelbree (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.92 General
Category: VILOXAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
04/29/2024 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. REXULTI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.11 General
Category: PSYCHIATRY
04/27/2024 Lundbeck LLC REXULTI (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $15.65 General
Category: PSYCHIATRY
04/08/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.86 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
03/18/2024 ABBVIE INC. VRAYLAR (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.04 General
Category: NEUROSCIENCE
03/11/2024 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. REXULTI (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.10 General
Category: PSYCHIATRY
03/05/2024 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc SPRAVATO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.11 General
Category: Neuroscience
03/01/2024 Lundbeck LLC REXULTI (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $21.16 General
Category: PSYCHIATRY

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2022 3 185 186 $52,863 $10,239
2021 9 481 489 $115,374 $24,230
2020 6 334 339 $71,907 $15,438
Total Patients
1,000
Total Services
1,014
Medicare Billing
$49,907
Procedure Codes
18

All Medicare Procedures & Services

18 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 121 122 $32,574 $5,105 15.7%
87636 Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19) and influenza virus types a and b Office 2022 31 31 $11,346 $3,969 35.0%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Office 2022 33 33 $8,943 $1,164 13.0%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 233 240 $61,712 $11,505 18.6%
87636 Sarscov2 & inf a&b amp prb Office 2021 48 48 $17,568 $6,659 37.9%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 61 61 $16,190 $3,312 20.5%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 16 16 $4,190 $972.38 23.2%
99212 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 10-19 minutes Office 2021 35 35 $7,400 $889.18 12.0%
99202 New patient outpatient visit, total time 15-29 minutes Office 2021 12 12 $3,000 $456.64 15.2%
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views Office 2021 11 12 $4,584 $194.59 4.2%
69209 Removal of impacted ear wax by washing Office 2021 15 15 $480.00 $129.94 27.1%
81003 Automated urinalysis test Office 2021 50 50 $250.00 $111.25 44.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes Office 2020 177 182 $43,498 $10,658 24.5%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes Office 2020 49 49 $11,760 $2,052 17.5%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes Office 2020 37 37 $8,140 $1,834 22.5%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes Office 2020 20 20 $3,130 $561.78 17.9%
71046 X-ray of chest, 2 views Office 2020 14 14 $5,194 $249.65 4.8%
81003 Automated urinalysis test Office 2020 37 37 $185.00 $82.60 44.6%

About Al Jerome Cruz, DNP, ARNP

Al Jerome Cruz, DNP, ARNP is a Registered Nurse healthcare provider based in Tacoma, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/05/2015. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1932585585.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Al Jerome Cruz, DNP, ARNP has received a total of $1,396 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $456.36 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 70 transactions from 13 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,396).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Cruz has provided services to 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,014 services with total Medicare billing of $49,907. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 18 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Registered Nurse
  • Other Specialties Registered Nurse, Family
  • Location Tacoma, WA
  • Active Since 08/05/2015
  • Last Updated 12/09/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 163W00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1932585585

Products in Payments

  • VRAYLAR (Drug) $350.08
  • REXULTI (Drug) $214.04
  • Auvelity (Drug) $195.08
  • Azstarys (Drug) $147.23
  • Qelbree (Drug) $108.04
  • Rybelsus (Drug) $55.15
  • SPRAVATO (Drug) $47.59
  • VIVITROL (Drug) $40.90
  • Ozempic (Drug) $30.21
  • Austedo XR (Drug) $26.77
  • Vivitrol (Drug) $25.73
  • ABILIFY MAINTENA (Drug) $24.55
  • AZSTARYS (Drug) $22.66
  • NUEDEXTA (Drug) $19.73
  • CAPLYTA (Drug) $19.29
  • INGREZZA (Drug) $19.18
  • ARISTADA (Drug) $18.62
  • AUSTEDO (Drug) $13.28

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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