Andrew Pogozelski, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1215199898
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $348,617 of the $401,062 with a category attached, or 86.9%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. at 41.5% of the total. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in PA 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 805 payments — averaging $498.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$167K
- Bayer$84K
- Pfizer$75K
- Merck$41K
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$17K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$14K
- plus $5K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,0944%
- Speaking & faculty fees$348,61787%
- Travel & lodging$21,4555%
- Food & beverage$15,7714%
- Education$1260%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 199 | $166,573 |
| Bayer | 117 | $83,594 |
| Pfizer | 140 | $74,789 |
| Merck | 54 | $40,587 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 27 | $16,759 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 27 | $14,125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 49 | $685 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $608 |
| Novartis | 32 | $506 |
| Amgen | 26 | $483 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $450 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $409 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $226 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 6 | $190 |
| Abbott | 4 | $186 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $108 |
| Gilead | 5 | $67 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $49 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Liquidia Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $43 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $34 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $32 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$401,062 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 96 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 393 | $9,288,041 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 227 | $3,025,414 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 66 | $1,582,713 |
| EliquisApixaban | 601 | $651,301 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 43 | $528,023 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 154 | $245,845 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 176 | $211,589 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 120 | $139,293 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 60 | $71,014 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 62 | $61,172 |
| Ambrisentan | 21 | $47,602 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 27 | $27,334 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 29 | $24,841 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 19 | $13,150 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 595 | $11,293 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerVyndamax, Eliquis | $74,789 | $9,939,342994 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $83,594 | $3,025,414227 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Uptravi, Opsumit | $166,573 | $2,110,736109 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $506 | $245,845154 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $409 | $211,589176 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $108 | $139,293120 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $450 | $95,85589 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 96 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Pittsburgh
- Srinivas MuraliPittsburgh$39K
- Sideris FacarosPittsburgh$21K
- Matthew LanderPittsburgh$16K
- Gavin HickeyPittsburgh$5K
- Amresh RainaPittsburgh$4K
- Jenna SkowronskiPittsburgh$4K
- Ravi RamaniPittsburgh$4K
- Miguel Pinilla VeraPittsburgh$4K
- Anjali VaidyaPhiladelphia$762K
- Brendan CarryDanville$424K
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.