Andreas Brieke, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Aurora, CONPI 1518057199
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.4%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,872 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $132 in 2025.
Across 88 payments — averaging $156.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$11K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$1K
- Abiomed$850
- Edwards Lifesciences$434
- Medtronic$424
- Procyrion, Inc.$316
- plus $11 from 1 others
Across 83 payments — averaging $2947.45 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.
- Abbott$196K
- Procyrion, Inc.$32K
- Edwards Lifesciences$17K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,79327%
- Travel & lodging$5,02336%
- Food & beverage$4,99636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 68 | $10,686 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 3 | $1,091 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $850 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $434 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $424 |
| Procyrion, Inc. | 3 | $316 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$6,813
- AccuCinch$1,091
- CARDIOMEMS$1,017
- Mitra Clip system$889
- Impella$737
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$411
- AORTIX SYSTEM$300
- 3F$157
How this compares
Too few advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Coloradoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 68 | $103,750 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 45 | $69,650 |
| EliquisApixaban | 40 | $51,216 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 44 | $45,101 |
| Tacrolimus | 26 | $10,538 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 12 | $9,616 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 13 | $7,713 |
| Digoxin | 19 | $2,605 |
| Eplerenone | 25 | $2,120 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 17 | $1,576 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 101 | $1,131 |
| Potassium Chloride | 17 | $1,000 |
| Ezetimibe | 16 | $789 |
| Spironolactone | 88 | $741 |
| Carvedilol | 58 | $696 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Aurora
- Josephine HarringtonAurora$119K
- Larry AllenAurora$31K
- William CornwellAurora$25K
- Christine SailerAurora$10K
- Amrut AmbardekarAurora$3K
- Benjamin KopeckyAurora$702
- Natasha AltmanAurora$210
- Prateeti KhazanieAurora$122
- Shelley MiyamotoAurora$0
- Aaron EmmonsWheat Ridge$22K
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.