RxDoctor Payments Data

Donald McSweyn, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Kansas City, KSNPI 1013973288

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 698 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 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,563 and has fallen 50.3% since, to $1,273 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$12,428in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 698 payments — averaging $17.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • Novartis$1K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$938
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$834
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$771
  • plus $6K from 34 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$12,395100%
  • Education$330%

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

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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.

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

$12,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease providers in Kansas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$148,538
Medicare patients
1,071
Services billed
2,519

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
EliquisApixaban138$109,383
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan109$92,581
XareltoRivaroxaban31$30,370
JardianceEmpagliflozin24$17,087
BrilintaTicagrelor16$6,955
Metoprolol Succinate211$2,263
Atorvastatin Calcium188$1,440
Potassium Chloride86$1,392
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl59$966
Flecainide Acetate19$885
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate66$686
Carvedilol77$604
Amlodipine Besylate206$578
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate40$570
Amiodarone Hcl31$561

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
PfizerEliquis$538$109,383138 claims
NovartisEntresto$1,182$92,581109 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,610$30,37031 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$834$17,08724 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta$676$6,95516 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 90th percentile of 175 cardiovascular disease providers in Kansas.

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