Douglas Westveer, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Hilton Head, SCNPI 1245281674
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 96 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $585 and has fallen 73.5% since, to $155 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $3,855.
Across 96 payments — averaging $25.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$858
- Boston Scientific$317
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$210
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$153
- Biotronik Inc.$130
- Cvrx, Inc.$121
- plus $689 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,478100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $858 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $317 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $210 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $153 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $130 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $115 |
| Amgen | 5 | $113 |
| Novartis | 7 | $110 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $70 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $45 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Abbott | 2 | $36 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $31 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
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.
- WATCHMAN Access System$265
- Reveal LINQ$136
- Cobalt$135
- Micra$121
- Barostim Neo System$121
- LifeVest$121
- ELIQUIS$114
How this compares
$2,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 257 cardiovascular disease providers in South Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Hilton Head
- Robert BiedermanCharleston$775K
- Darren SidneyNorth Charleston$129K
- Priyanka BhattacharyaCharleston$107K
- Gregory SanGreenville$88K
- David McNeelyGreenville$78K
- Gregory EavesAiken$65K
- James SmithCharleston$64K
- Christopher SalmonGreenville$54K
- Ricky HendersonAnderson$52K
- Geetha PintoCharleston$51K
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.