Esther Vorovich, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1235358599
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 59.6% of the total. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 242 payments — averaging $927.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$134K
- Abbott$36K
- Novo Nordisk$27K
- Novo Nordisk AS$24K
- Amgen$4K
- Medtronic$70
- plus $190 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $5205.00 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.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$10K
- Medtronic$200
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,32130%
- Speaking & faculty fees$117,67552%
- Travel & lodging$29,96613%
- Food & beverage$8,4224%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 114 | $133,745 |
| Abbott | 102 | $35,519 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $27,221 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 6 | $24,068 |
| Amgen | 1 | $3,570 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $70 |
| My01 Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $47 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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
$224,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 56 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 32 | $754,726 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 397 | $464,306 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 199 | $281,654 |
| EliquisApixaban | 128 | $153,790 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 76 | $88,286 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $36,611 |
| Sirolimus | 35 | $13,715 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 12 | $10,020 |
| Bumetanide | 193 | $9,001 |
| Tacrolimus | 39 | $7,475 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 14 | $6,881 |
| Eplerenone | 92 | $4,710 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 244 | $4,363 |
| Spironolactone | 293 | $2,891 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 128 | $2,771 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Chicago
- Jonathan RichChicago$327K
- Jane WilcoxChicago$220K
- Manreet KanwarChicago$162K
- Jonathan GrinsteinChicago$128K
- Bow ChungChicago$86K
- Quentin YoumansChicago$75K
- Anjan TibrewalaChicago$58K
- Faraz AhmadChicago$36K
- Ike OkwuosaChicago$30K
- Leo GozdeckiChicago$29K
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.