Eric Schulte, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Merrillville, INNPI 1194724377
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 54 payments — averaging $18.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$199
- Johnson & Johnson$169
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$57
- Boston Scientific$54
- Boehringer Ingelheim$50
- AstraZeneca$45
- plus $446 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,019100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $199 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $169 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $54 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $50 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $45 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $44 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Novartis | 2 | $32 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $30 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $28 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,019 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
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 | 167 | $168,394 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 87 | $60,336 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 44 | $58,445 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 31 | $32,062 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 17 | $10,498 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 341 | $4,493 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 407 | $3,433 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 179 | $2,888 |
| Potassium Chloride | 106 | $2,753 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 48 | $1,576 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 125 | $1,453 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 294 | $1,419 |
| Losartan Potassium | 183 | $1,414 |
| Bumetanide | 23 | $1,071 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 63 | $958 |
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 | $28 | $168,394167 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $45 | $70,834104 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $169 | $58,44544 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $50 | $32,06231 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 30th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
Other cardiovascular disease in Merrillville
- Andre ArtisMerrillville$476K
- Arshad MalikMerrillville$330K
- Mihas KodencheryMerrillville$89K
- John McGintyRichmond$3.7M
- Steven SteinhublLafayette$2.4M
- Ravi BhagwatMunster$2.2M
- Mohan KesaniMunster$1.2M
- Vijay MehtaElkhart$925K
- William CollisFort Wayne$842K
- Atul ChughIndianapolis$775K
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.