Carla Poplawsky
Phoenix, AZNPI 1487312328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 137 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 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 137 payments — averaging $23.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$564
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$361
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$355
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$222
- Merck$189
- Boston Scientific$150
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,17599%
- Education$181%
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 | 35 | $564 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $361 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $355 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 7 | $222 |
| Merck | 9 | $189 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $150 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $150 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $147 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $118 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $114 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $101 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $75 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $58 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $53 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CAMZYOS$236
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 82 | $130,248 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 39 | $44,782 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $23,936 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $12,713 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $11,578 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 14 | $11,297 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 231 | $2,831 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 176 | $1,758 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 49 | $1,611 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 75 | $1,460 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 47 | $1,453 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 91 | $1,032 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 13 | $1,001 |
| Carvedilol | 124 | $966 |
| Losartan Potassium | 95 | $906 |
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 | $150 | $130,24882 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $40 | $44,78239 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $564 | $23,93612 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $118 | $11,57816 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $81 | $11,29714 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. There are too few providers in Arizonaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.