Andrew Waters, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Merriam, KSNPI 1538456025
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.8% of the total across 520 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 49 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 520 payments — averaging $22.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$895
- Novartis$822
- Johnson & Johnson$680
- Merck$638
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$617
- plus $6K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9268%
- Food & beverage$10,75692%
- Education$350%
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.
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.
- MitraClip$1,136
- CARDIOMEMS$430
- Assure WCD$196
- CardioMEMS HF System$143
- WATCHMAN Access System$139
- Farapulse$119
- Resolute$116
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$110
- CAMZYOS$109
- LifeVest$102
How this compares
$11,717 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease providers in Kansas.
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 | 427 | $461,330 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 126 | $147,571 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 103 | $105,182 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 52 | $71,692 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 56 | $65,972 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 46 | $56,591 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 16 | $8,970 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 571 | $5,780 |
| Torsemide | 280 | $4,626 |
| Dofetilide | 24 | $4,531 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 449 | $4,030 |
| Ezetimibe | 162 | $3,726 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 182 | $2,957 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 56 | $2,819 |
| Losartan Potassium | 338 | $2,367 |
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 | $565 | $461,330427 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $822 | $147,571126 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $278 | $71,69252 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $680 | $65,97256 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $346 | $56,59146 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 85th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease providers in Kansas.
Other cardiovascular disease in Merriam
- Thaju SalamMerriam$11K
- Mazda BiriaMerriam$10K
- Michelle DewMerriam$9K
- Matthew ButlerMerriam$5K
- Bassem ChehabWichita$482K
- Vasvi SinghOverland Park$405K
- Joseph GalichiaWichita$177K
- Wassim ShaheenWichita$137K
- Layne ReusserWichita$91K
- Aziz MaksoudWichita$81K
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.