Edward Portnay, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Stamford, CTNPI 1093810590
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,674 and has fallen 89.9% since, to $373 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $5,446.
Across 132 payments — averaging $37.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Novartis$333
- Johnson & Johnson$221
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$186
- Amgen$173
- AstraZeneca$170
- plus $1K from 21 others
Across 142 payments — averaging $15,132 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.
- Novartis$901K
- Amgen$538K
- Eli Lilly$474K
- AstraZeneca$137K
- Abbott$62K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$21K
- plus $16K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,34247%
- Travel & lodging$271%
- Food & beverage$2,62053%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 14 | $2,599 |
| Novartis | 20 | $333 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $221 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $186 |
| Amgen | 6 | $173 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $170 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $162 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $152 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $135 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $133 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $124 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $72 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $58 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $57 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Gilead | 3 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $37 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $24 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 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.
- CardioMEMS HF System$2,342
How this compares
$4,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 73 interventional cardiology providers in Connecticut.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $42,255 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 15 | $23,743 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $21,558 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $15,654 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $13,605 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 14 | $10,785 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 95 | $2,370 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 18 | $1,275 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 92 | $1,146 |
| Ezetimibe | 55 | $1,110 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 44 | $688 |
| Torsemide | 24 | $615 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $564 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 21 | $492 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 19 | $350 |
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 | $72 | $42,25527 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $333 | $23,74315 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $152 | $15,65416 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $170 | $13,60511 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 45th percentile of 73 interventional cardiology providers in Connecticut.
Other interventional cardiology in Stamford
- Arzhang FallahiStamford$12K
- Nicola CorvajaStamford$5K
- Scott MartinStamford$1K
- Amit VoraNew Haven$409K
- Craig ThompsonHartford$222K
- Michael NannaNew Haven$60K
- Jawad HaiderBloomfield$44K
- Sameer NagpalNew Haven$43K
- Khagendra DahalFarmington$42K
- Abdul QaziHartford$38K
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.