Brigitta Brott
Interventional Cardiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1962442186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 34.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $205, 6.4 times the $32 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $6,630.
Across 36 payments — averaging $14.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$176
- Abbott$165
- Amgen$52
- Philips North America LLC$32
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$28
- Boehringer Ingelheim$25
- plus $36 from 2 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $53,663 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.
- Amgen$367K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$5K
- Abiomed$4K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$515100%
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 | 7 | $176 |
| Abbott | 20 | $165 |
| Amgen | 3 | $52 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $25 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
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 | 208 | $206,662 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 188 | $194,231 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 317 | $189,485 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 120 | $119,559 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 54 | $38,289 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 39 | $26,702 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $24,281 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 14 | $15,324 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 236 | $7,624 |
| Ezetimibe | 209 | $6,876 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 373 | $6,433 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 64 | $6,163 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 21 | $6,004 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 251 | $4,184 |
| Losartan Potassium | 281 | $3,908 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $25 | $194,231188 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 5th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
Other interventional cardiology in Birmingham
- Gary RoubinBirmingham$157K
- Robert FosterBirmingham$90K
- Hasan GuvenBirmingham$86K
- Abdullah MahmoodBirmingham$61K
- Ali EbrahimiBirmingham$55K
- Jacob TownsendBirmingham$52K
- Kamran AliBirmingham$47K
- Mouhamed SabouniBirmingham$44K
- David SchultzBirmingham$19K
- Tushar MishraBirmingham$17K
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.