Daniel Heikali, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1578958724
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 242 payments — averaging $165.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Abbott$14K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abiomed$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$28,40071%
- Travel & lodging$5791%
- Food & beverage$11,04027%
- Education$1400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $15,474 |
| Abbott | 19 | $14,442 |
| Boston Scientific | 60 | $3,674 |
| Abiomed | 29 | $1,585 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 49 | $1,434 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $1,250 |
| Philips North America LLC | 21 | $727 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $470 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $312 |
| Amgen | 5 | $149 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $99 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $75 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $47 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Novartis | 2 | $41 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, 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.
- Indigo System$1,234
- Emerge Push$725
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$617
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$422
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$422
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$277
- COROFLOW$254
- GENERAL - STENTS$240
- AVVIGO Guidance System$227
- SYNERGY$174
- XIENCE V$169
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$162
- HawkOne$150
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$146
- WOLVERINE CORONARY CUTTING BALLOON$142
- Resolute$140
- CROSSBOSS$128
- (6571) Eagle Eye$117
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$110
How this compares
$40,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 | 67 | $61,613 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 21 | $25,847 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $24,474 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 30 | $22,158 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $17,342 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 247 | $2,832 |
| Nitroglycerin | 29 | $1,273 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 118 | $1,148 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 14 | $1,062 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 72 | $885 |
| Carvedilol | 82 | $667 |
| Losartan Potassium | 78 | $585 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 34 | $523 |
| Spironolactone | 54 | $461 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 103 | $430 |
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 | $50 | $61,61367 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $41 | $25,84721 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $23 | $24,47423 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 85th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Kalyanam ShivkumarLos Angeles$2.9M
- Priscilla HsueLos Angeles$2.3M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.4M
- Somjot BrarLos Angeles$1.2M
- Freny ModyLos Angeles$960K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$683K
- Parveen GargLos Angeles$653K
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
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.