Arash Bereliani, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1699722165
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 214 payments — averaging $24.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Amgen$928
- Pfizer$338
- AstraZeneca$270
- Edwards Lifesciences$246
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$246
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,254100%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 61 | $1,288 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 39 | $928 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $338 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $270 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $246 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $246 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $231 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $216 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $145 |
| Bayer | 6 | $141 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $95 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $67 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $67 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $44 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $33 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $31 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $31 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
How this compares
$5,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
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 | 154 | $146,042 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 110 | $110,893 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 150 | $104,308 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 62 | $60,461 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 65 | $58,368 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 52 | $51,411 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $46,579 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 35 | $46,157 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $26,187 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 15 | $25,812 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 32 | $21,583 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 34 | $18,588 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 23 | $17,739 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 23 | $17,695 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 20 | $9,806 |
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 | $338 | $146,042154 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $231 | $110,893110 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $95 | $97,56887 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,288 | $60,46162 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $216 | $58,36865 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $67 | $46,57937 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $270 | $34,53539 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $928 | $25,81215 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi, Edarbyclor | $55 | $18,97254 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $20 | $11,57363 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 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Kalyanam ShivkumarLos Angeles$2.9M
- Priscilla HsueLos Angeles$2.3M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.4M
- Somjot BrarLos Angeles$1.2M
- Freny ModyLos Angeles$960K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$683K
- Parveen GargLos Angeles$653K
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
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.