Augusto Pichard
Interventional Cardiology · Washington, DCNPI 1669422960
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $108,141 of the $180,168 with a category attached, or 60.0%. Abbott accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $81,324 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $14 in 2025.
Across 173 payments — averaging $1041.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$179K
- GE HealthCare$994
- Medtronic$406
- Boston Scientific$112
Across 2 payments — averaging $872.63 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.
- Abbott$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$108,14160%
- Speaking & faculty fees$30,44317%
- Grants$4060%
- Travel & lodging$39,60022%
- Food & beverage$1,5771%
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 | 165 | $178,655 |
| GE HealthCare | 6 | $994 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $406 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $112 |
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.
- PORTICO$95,627
- Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve$39,720
- NAVITOR$23,771
- CARDIOMEMS$7,050
How this compares
Too few interventional cardiology providers in District of Columbiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other interventional cardiology in Washington
- Ron WaksmanWashington$915K
- Toby RogersWashington$880K
- Lowell SatlerWashington$112K
- Jonathan ReinerWashington$77K
- Brian CaseWashington$63K
- Horst SievertWashington$58K
- Nelson BernardoWashington$55K
- Ramesh MazhariWashington$41K
- Itshac Ben-DorWashington$25K
- Nardos TemesgenWashington$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.