Allen Nimetz
Cardiovascular Disease · Chevy Chase, MDNPI 1003881871
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $19.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$191
- Novartis$178
- Pfizer$148
- Johnson & Johnson$125
- Amgen$123
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$107
- plus $534 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,407100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 2 | $191 |
| Novartis | 10 | $178 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $125 |
| Amgen | 6 | $123 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $107 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $85 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $36 |
| Gilead | 2 | $28 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $27 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Confirm Rx$169
How this compares
$1,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 507 cardiovascular disease providers in Maryland.
Other cardiovascular disease in Chevy Chase
- Richard RubinChevy Chase$42K
- Ankit ShahChevy Chase$35K
- Christopher DefilippiBaltimore$9.2M
- Thorsten LeuckerBaltimore$7.1M
- Joao LimaBaltimore$5.6M
- Jeffrey ColeBaltimore$4.8M
- Carlos InceBaltimore$3M
- Paul GurbelBaltimore$2.6M
- Navin KapurBaltimore$1.8M
- Vineet VenugopalLanham$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.