Angela Candelaria, MD
Hospitalist · Fairfield, CTNPI 1689961864
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 390 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 25.7% of the total. Among hospitalist clinicians in CT 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 390 payments — averaging $22.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$565
- Amgen$514
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$424
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,800100%
- Education$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 130 | $2,266 |
| AstraZeneca | 47 | $1,211 |
| AbbVie | 50 | $1,157 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $565 |
| Amgen | 17 | $514 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $424 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $355 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 20 | $313 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $295 |
| Novartis | 3 | $264 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 13 | $226 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $176 |
| Merck | 4 | $139 |
| Abbott | 6 | $123 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $113 |
| GSK | 5 | $107 |
| Bayer | 4 | $95 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $56 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $49 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $21 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $19 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $18 |
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
$8,825 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 349 hospitalist providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 46 | $57,619 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $23,090 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $14,646 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 13 | $7,105 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 44 | $1,111 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $981 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 66 | $830 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 36 | $647 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 58 | $635 |
| Losartan Potassium | 29 | $404 |
| Enalapril Maleate | 32 | $386 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 18 | $350 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 12 | $343 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 16 | $295 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 20 | $282 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $2,266 | $57,61946 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,211 | $23,09014 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,157 | $15,62628 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 349 hospitalist providers in Connecticut.
Other hospitalist in Fairfield
- Shawn SamuelStamford$6K
- Ashanee ThompsonBridgeport$6K
- Roy KellermanHartford$5K
- Muhammad FarooqHartford$5K
- Joseph FuscoHartford$4K
- Edgar NautHartford$4K
- Gagan SinghHartford$4K
- Gagandeep SinghHartford$4K
- Hamid MajdizadehNew Britain$3K
- Vanessa PauigHartford$3K
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.