Angela Brittsan, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Indianapolis, INNPI 1306968219
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,137 of the $4,957 with a category attached, or 63.3%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 53.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,682 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $404 in 2025.
Across 156 payments — averaging $31.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Novartis$362
- Merck$324
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$297
- AstraZeneca$226
- Amgen$188
- plus $896 from 13 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $6225.00 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.
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,82037%
- Food & beverage$3,13763%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 13 | $2,665 |
| Novartis | 32 | $362 |
| Merck | 21 | $324 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $297 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $226 |
| Amgen | 12 | $188 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $152 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $132 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $130 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $126 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $79 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $62 |
| Bayer | 4 | $52 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $41 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $29 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 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.
- CardioMEMS HF System$2,203
- Impella$152
- MitraClip$131
- Mitra Clip system$120
- CAMZYOS$110
How this compares
$4,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
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 | 399 | $506,299 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 423 | $497,670 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 175 | $189,038 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 100 | $123,278 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 93 | $112,363 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 50 | $54,728 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 52 | $32,706 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 11 | $16,633 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 15 | $13,192 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 19 | $12,507 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 607 | $8,965 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $7,754 |
| Torsemide | 332 | $5,611 |
| Potassium Chloride | 204 | $5,122 |
| Carvedilol | 649 | $4,727 |
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 | $132 | $506,299399 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $362 | $497,670423 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $62 | $189,038175 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $126 | $123,278100 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $226 | $54,72850 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $324 | $16,63311 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 60th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
Other cardiovascular disease in Indianapolis
- John MillerIndianapolis$354K
- David KovacichIndianapolis$327K
- Vijay RaoIndianapolis$247K
- Atul ChughIndianapolis$242K
- James TrippiIndianapolis$239K
- Christopher HealyIndianapolis$209K
- Richard KovacsIndianapolis$136K
- George LolayIndianapolis$128K
- Onyedika IlonzeIndianapolis$125K
- Noel DasguptaIndianapolis$122K
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.