RxDoctor Payments Data

Daniel Silverman, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1437419058

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 54.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,756 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $131 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $13,902.

$10,586in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 35 payments — averaging $302.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$6K
  • Abbott$2K
  • Merck$2K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$392
  • Cvrx, Inc.$226
  • Boston Scientific$73
  • plus $61 from 1 others
$1,202,962in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 24 payments — averaging $50,123 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.

  • Merck$1.2M
  • Boston Scientific$15K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,81355%
  • Travel & lodging$2,71626%
  • Food & beverage$1,66216%
  • Education$3964%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Novo Nordisk3$5,813
Abbott16$2,240
Merck9$1,783
Edwards Lifesciences2$392
Cvrx, Inc.2$226
Boston Scientific1$73
Medtronic(2 entities)2$61

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.

How this compares

$10,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 30 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in South Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$28,638
Medicare patients
123
Services billed
319

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin157$141,975
EliquisApixaban75$77,193
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan67$74,858
OzempicSemaglutide38$46,592
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol35$33,332
MounjaroTirzepatide14$12,878
Bumetanide53$1,320
Metoprolol Succinate33$554
Spironolactone84$533
Rosuvastatin Calcium13$417
Furosemide59$241
Torsemide33$191
Amlodipine Besylate29$149
Carvedilol18$111
Warfarin Sodium14$107

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic$5,813$46,59238 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 35th percentile of 30 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in South Carolina.

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