Abiodun Ishola, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Edgewood, KYNPI 1629360961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,512 of the $10,273 with a category attached, or 73.1%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 29.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,344, 3.5 times the $965 reported in 2019.
Across 283 payments — averaging $36.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Novartis$852
- Amgen$825
- Johnson & Johnson$454
- Abiomed$361
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $8326.03 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.
- Novartis$42K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,75327%
- Food & beverage$7,51273%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $3,032 |
| Abbott | 26 | $2,633 |
| Novartis | 51 | $852 |
| Amgen | 41 | $825 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $454 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $361 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $295 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $294 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $164 |
| Stryker | 1 | $153 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $147 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $115 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $105 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $101 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Bayer | 4 | $60 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $25 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Gilead | 1 | $11 |
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.
- OPTIS$1,244
- Impella$266
- Repatha$247
- Xience Sierra Coronary Stent$215
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$201
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$198
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$198
- FlowTriever$153
- XIENCE SIERRA$152
- SYMPLICITY G3$149
- Vascular Lithotripsy$147
- PRESSUREWIRE$141
- FFRangio$123
- ENTRESTO$118
- ONYX FRONTIER$112
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$100
How this compares
$10,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 129 interventional cardiology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 294 | $294,543 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 100 | $122,951 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 81 | $92,383 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 56 | $64,908 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 36 | $26,717 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $20,117 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 22 | $16,928 |
| Diltiazem 12hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 39 | $10,676 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 100 | $9,870 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 567 | $4,973 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 526 | $3,547 |
| Torsemide | 134 | $2,854 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 34 | $2,100 |
| Losartan Potassium | 327 | $2,038 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 85 | $1,915 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $294 | $294,543294 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $852 | $122,951100 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $454 | $92,38381 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $115 | $20,11716 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 55th percentile of 129 interventional cardiology providers in Kentucky.
Other interventional cardiology in Edgewood
- Amit SrivastavaEdgewood$642K
- Mohanjit BrarEdgewood$76K
- Damodhar SureshEdgewood$17K
- Saeb KhouryEdgewood$17K
- Paul HoulihanEdgewood$11K
- Avichai EresLexington$616K
- Steve LinLexington$362K
- Daniel StewartLouisville$290K
- Robert SawyerLexington$249K
- Ganesh Keshav ThirunavukkarasuLexington$220K
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.