Chaim Kabalkin, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1821048471
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 318 payments — averaging $18.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$798
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$784
- Pfizer$613
- Amgen$582
- AstraZeneca$505
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$480
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$902%
- Food & beverage$5,63598%
- Education$431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 46 | $798 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 71 | $784 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $613 |
| Amgen | 29 | $582 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $505 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 20 | $480 |
| Novartis | 22 | $419 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $298 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $278 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $156 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $153 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $97 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $90 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $41 |
| GSK | 2 | $40 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 1 | $30 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$5,769 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
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 | 450 | $337,813 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 125 | $124,074 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 119 | $93,688 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 113 | $92,867 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 78 | $86,506 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 32 | $30,492 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 85 | $29,205 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $24,487 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 25 | $22,646 |
| EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil | 40 | $12,599 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 19 | $11,196 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 11 | $11,163 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 799 | $10,481 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 12 | $7,129 |
| Clonidine | 58 | $6,217 |
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 | $613 | $337,813450 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $278 | $124,074125 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $298 | $93,688119 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $505 | $92,867113 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $419 | $86,50678 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $480 | $30,49232 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Verquvo | $798 | $22,35930 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi | $34 | $12,59940 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $23 | $1,18328 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 70th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
Other cardiovascular disease in Brooklyn
- Ronald WhartonBrooklyn$1.1M
- Ozgen DoganBrooklyn$404K
- Warren WexelmanBrooklyn$396K
- James MinNew York$41.1M
- Robert RosensonNew York$6.9M
- Roxana MehranNew York$6.4M
- Roger HajjarNew York$5.2M
- Philippe GenereuxNew York$4.4M
- Vijay IyerAmherst$4.3M
- Gregg StoneNew York$3.7M
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.