Ashwin Ravichandran, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1407012776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $190,271 of the $284,241 with a category attached, or 66.9%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. at 37.3% of the total. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 431 payments — averaging $659.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$106K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$58K
- Abbott$41K
- Bayer$22K
- Cvrx, Inc.$15K
- Medtronic$14K
- plus $28K from 16 others
Across 359 payments — averaging $6968.13 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.
- Merck$1M
- United Therapeutics Corporation$317K
- Endotronix, Inc.$254K
- Abbott$231K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd$127K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$119K
- plus $412K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$43,91315%
- Speaking & faculty fees$190,27167%
- Travel & lodging$32,83712%
- Food & beverage$17,1336%
- Education$880%
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. | 101 | $106,057 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 66 | $57,751 |
| Abbott | 161 | $41,349 |
| Bayer | 15 | $22,156 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 37 | $15,228 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $13,876 |
| Merck | 8 | $13,366 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $11,900 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd | 1 | $799 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $352 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $233 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $183 |
| Novartis | 1 | $130 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $126 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $111 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $105 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $90 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $64 |
| Endotronix, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
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.
- OPSUMIT$92,214
- UPTRAVI$89,706
- REMODULIN$26,265
- Adempas$19,026
- ORENITRAM$16,104
- Barostim Neo System$14,313
- WINREVAIR$13,293
- TYVASO$12,975
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$12,959
- CARDIOMEMS$8,514
- HeartWare HVAD$8,339
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$8,038
- CardioMEMS HF System$6,252
- NONE$3,300
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$2,375
- OPTIMIZER$367
- Impella$291
- CAMZYOS$233
- MitraClip$176
- Simulus$144
How this compares
$284,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 20 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Indiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 245 | $6,179,727 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 465 | $5,893,365 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 98 | $2,266,997 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 130 | $1,835,090 |
| WinrevairSotatercept-Csrk | 71 | $1,276,364 |
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 37 | $789,022 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 321 | $372,145 |
| Orenitram ErTreprostinil Diolamine | 29 | $369,122 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 340 | $310,189 |
| CamzyosMavacamten | 30 | $236,321 |
| EliquisApixaban | 141 | $190,766 |
| OpsynviMacitentan/Tadalafil | 11 | $143,285 |
| Ambrisentan | 45 | $113,086 |
| Tadalafil | 190 | $106,156 |
| AdcircaTadalafil | 26 | $106,021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit, Uptravi, Opsynvi | $106,057 | $8,303,647574 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $22,156 | $1,835,090130 claims |
| MerckWinrevair | $13,366 | $1,276,36471 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $130 | $372,145321 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Camzyos | $233 | $236,32130 claims |
| United Therapeutics CorporationAdcirca | $57,751 | $106,02126 claims |
| SandozEnoxaparin Sodium | $64 | $1,07713 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 90th percentile of 20 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Indiana.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Indianapolis
- Sasikanth AdigopulaIndianapolis$310K
- Rafael Garcia-CortesIndianapolis$101K
- Amit PatelIndianapolis$41K
- Sunit-Preet ChaudhryIndianapolis$27K
- Radha KannegantiIndianapolis$18K
- Mary WalshIndianapolis$17K
- Bhavana Siddegowda-BangaloreIndianapolis$5K
- Sangita SudharshanIndianapolis$2K
- Muhamad SafiiaIndianapolis$2K
- Philip KirlinIndianapolis$967
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.