Akhil Narang, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Chicago, ILNPI 1417260548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 384 payments — averaging $945.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$224K
- Edwards Lifesciences$98K
- GE HealthCare$22K
- Abbott$9K
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$7K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- plus $877 from 9 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $10,711 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.
- GE HealthCare$28K
- Philips North America LLC$24K
- Caption Health, Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$105,00829%
- Speaking & faculty fees$203,89056%
- Travel & lodging$40,97911%
- Food & beverage$13,2534%
- Education$410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 131 | $224,254 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 127 | $98,371 |
| GE HealthCare | 6 | $21,563 |
| Abbott | 92 | $9,447 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $6,509 |
| Philips North America LLC | 12 | $2,150 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $343 |
| Bracco Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $95 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Novartis | 1 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
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.
- PASCAL$56,200
- EVOQUE$31,644
- VIVID$20,299
- Definity$6,490
- MitraClip$5,224
- Mitra Clip system$2,134
- US Und$1,100
- (6554) Peripheral Vascular Undivided$409
- MitraClip System$296
- FFRct$279
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$174
- EPIQ 7C$150
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$144
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$136
- (AJ8) Clinical Partnerships NA & GCPC$133
- LUMASON$124
- WATCHMAN Access System$120
How this compares
$363,170 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 932 cardiovascular disease providers in Illinois.
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 | 52 | $67,250 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 43 | $52,427 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $20,486 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 120 | $2,184 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 15 | $1,529 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 118 | $1,325 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 48 | $1,158 |
| Bumetanide | 14 | $661 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 75 | $529 |
| Losartan Potassium | 29 | $472 |
| Spironolactone | 58 | $464 |
| Chlorthalidone | 18 | $452 |
| Lisinopril | 52 | $412 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 25 | $377 |
| Carvedilol | 28 | $271 |
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 | $95 | $67,25052 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $28 | $52,42743 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 95th percentile of 932 cardiovascular disease providers in Illinois.
Other cardiovascular disease in Chicago
- Sandeep NathanChicago$892K
- Boaz AvitallChicago$366K
- Michael DavidsonChicago$317K
- Jyothy PuthumanaChicago$269K
- Sanjiv ShahChicago$246K
- Raja MutharasanChicago$146K
- Nitasha SarswatChicago$140K
- Evan SteinChicago$121K
- Dan FintelChicago$119K
- Elizabeth McNallyChicago$119K
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.