RxDoctor Payments Data

Eva Hausnerova, PhD

Cardiology · Chevy Chase, MDNPI 1639106172

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 138 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 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among cardiology clinicians in MD 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.

$4,446in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 138 payments — averaging $32.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$746
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$599
  • Novartis$499
  • Pfizer$375
  • Johnson & Johnson$327
  • Amgen$181
  • plus $2K from 27 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$4,446100%

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

$4,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 44 cardiology providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$552,375
Medicare patients
338
Services billed
3,999

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
EliquisApixaban85$98,847
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan33$49,419
Rosuvastatin Calcium275$4,219
Amiodarone Hcl51$2,363
Losartan Potassium131$1,403
Metoprolol Succinate62$1,330
Digoxin64$1,069
Olmesartan Medoxomil29$749
Valsartan13$725
Amlodipine Besylate74$595
Furosemide58$554
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate29$430
Metoprolol Tartrate72$354
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate13$328
Levothyroxine Sodium18$258

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$375$98,84785 claims
NovartisEntresto$499$49,41933 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 44 cardiology providers in Maryland.

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