Cory Nitzel, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Ventura, CANPI 1003017666
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 29 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 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $749 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $40 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $2,142.
Across 29 payments — averaging $68.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$330
- Edwards Lifesciences$325
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$291
- Medtronic$192
- Amgen$145
- Philips North America LLC$132
- plus $570 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,97199%
- Education$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $330 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $325 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $291 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $192 |
| Amgen | 2 | $145 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Abbott | 1 | $129 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $127 |
| Novartis | 5 | $114 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
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.
- PASCAL$325
- WATCHMAN Access System$304
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$162
- MitraClip$129
- (5044) MCOT$119
- Repatha$117
- BRILINTA$114
- TherOx DS2 Console$107
- Catheter$107
- Downstream Cartridge$107
How this compares
$1,985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
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 | 86 | $75,129 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $28,545 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $14,515 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 65 | $877 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 91 | $818 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 38 | $613 |
| Nitroglycerin | 17 | $455 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 61 | $395 |
| Losartan Potassium | 49 | $319 |
| Lisinopril | 54 | $220 |
| Carvedilol | 41 | $172 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 11 | $122 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 12 | $118 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 39 | $118 |
| Furosemide | 37 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Ventura
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
- Wilber SuStanford$1.1M
- Thomas SmithSacramento$942K
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.