David Lemons, DO
Interventional Cardiology · Palmer, AKNPI 1932338753
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.7%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 48.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,668, more than ten times the $148 reported in 2019.
Across 147 payments — averaging $46.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Novartis$420
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$178
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$153
- Boehringer Ingelheim$147
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,50652%
- Food & beverage$3,21847%
- Education$561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 30 | $3,316 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $1,526 |
| Novartis | 27 | $420 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $178 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $153 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $147 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $121 |
| Amgen | 7 | $116 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $97 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $80 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $59 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Bayer | 3 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $29 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AVEIR$2,252
- Micra$1,234
- Accent Pacemaker$322
How this compares
Too few interventional cardiology providers in Alaskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 146 | $100,022 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 28 | $19,692 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $19,492 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $15,537 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 18 | $11,854 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 15 | $9,246 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 26 | $3,408 |
| Bumetanide | 13 | $1,193 |
| Losartan Potassium | 125 | $737 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 97 | $663 |
| Potassium Chloride | 45 | $662 |
| Carvedilol | 95 | $604 |
| Ezetimibe | 37 | $584 |
| Valsartan | 21 | $516 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 53 | $488 |
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 | $45 | $100,022146 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $147 | $19,49229 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $97 | $15,53718 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $420 | $11,85418 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 interventional cardiology providers in Alaskaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other interventional cardiology in Palmer
- Ryan McDonoughPalmer$7K
- Romel WrennFairbanks$22K
- Josiah BrownAnchorage$15K
- Jasleen TiwanaAnchorage$5K
- Carson WebbAnchorage$4K
- Thomas KramerAnchorage$2K
- Richard AnschuetzAnchorage$1K
- Blake CharltonAnchorage$1K
- Lee PiersonAnchorage$1K
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.