Brenda Hott, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Atlanta, GANPI 1649221821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 211 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,911 and has fallen 63.8% since, to $1,054 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $8,076.
Across 211 payments — averaging $39.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Cvrx, Inc.$920
- Abbott$862
- Abiomed$608
- Novartis$567
- Boehringer Ingelheim$381
- plus $4K from 27 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5682.56 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.
- AstraZeneca$17K
- Merck$450
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5006%
- Food & beverage$7,75094%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $1,240 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 16 | $920 |
| Abbott | 8 | $862 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $608 |
| Novartis | 28 | $567 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $381 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $331 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $304 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $297 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $286 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 1 | $238 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $229 |
| Amgen | 6 | $228 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $199 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $199 |
| G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $169 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 4 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $141 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Bayer | 4 | $95 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $73 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Merck | 2 | $50 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- FARXIGA$613
- Barostim Neo System$491
- MitraClip$339
- OPTIMIZER$334
- HeartMate Touch$260
- AccuCinch$238
- Cardiac Monitoring Suite$174
- BioMonitor$150
- Orsiro Mission$150
- PK Papyrus$150
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$150
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$150
- Euphora$138
- Repatha$138
- Impella$137
- Micra$131
- BRILINTA$130
- Aquadex$130
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$129
- NEXLETOL$125
How this compares
$8,250 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 40 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Georgia.
See all advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Georgia →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 199 | $224,861 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 96 | $90,590 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 86 | $89,487 |
| EliquisApixaban | 30 | $25,901 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 78 | $1,781 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 34 | $1,634 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 14 | $1,343 |
| Carvedilol | 129 | $1,181 |
| Spironolactone | 156 | $940 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 63 | $904 |
| Torsemide | 13 | $336 |
| Losartan Potassium | 45 | $302 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 32 | $254 |
| Furosemide | 42 | $234 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $216 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $567 | $224,861199 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,240 | $90,59096 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $381 | $89,48786 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $169 | $25,90130 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 50th percentile of 40 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Georgia.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Atlanta
- Robert ColeAtlanta$213K
- Rahul LounganiAtlanta$51K
- Arun KrishnamoorthyAtlanta$37K
- Benjamin DemossAtlanta$17K
- Mehrdad ToosiAtlanta$15K
- Divya GuptaAtlanta$8K
- Kunal BhattAtlanta$6K
- Mahmoud AbdouAtlanta$4K
- Chad MaoAtlanta$3K
- Sonjoy LaskarAtlanta$2K
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.