Gary Felker, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Durham, NCNPI 1346323508
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $220,490 of the $256,423 with a category attached, or 86.0%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $60,828 and has fallen 62.1% since, to $23,084 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NC 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 206 payments — averaging $1244.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$69K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$40K
- Amgen$24K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$22K
- Novartis Pharma AG$21K
- Novartis$19K
- plus $61K from 15 others
Across 65 payments — averaging $192,204 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.
- Amgen$12.1M
- Novartis$132K
- Medtronic$92K
- Novartis Pharma AG$76K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$72K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$220,49086%
- Travel & lodging$33,01713%
- Food & beverage$2,9161%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 50 | $68,660 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 17 | $40,440 |
| Amgen | 21 | $24,025 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 48 | $21,760 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 1 | $21,384 |
| Novartis | 12 | $18,934 |
| Regeneron | 16 | $11,931 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $9,130 |
| Merck | 10 | $8,142 |
| Abbott | 7 | $7,527 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 4 | $6,024 |
| American Regent | 1 | $4,320 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $3,540 |
| Roche Diagnostics International Ltd | 3 | $3,161 |
| Bayer | 3 | $3,016 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $2,075 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $1,800 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $203 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $186 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 1 | $97 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $68 |
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.
- ENTRESTO$36,782
- JARDIANCE$20,550
- VNS - Vitaria$12,160
- VNS Therapy$9,600
- ORGOVYX$4,565
- INJECTAFER$4,320
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$3,600
- Kerendia$3,016
- WINREVAIR$1,412
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,350
- HeartMate Touch$1,200
- CardioMEMS HF System$1,200
How this compares
$256,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 17 | $30,530 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $6,497 |
| Spironolactone | 13 | $71 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $18,934 | $30,53017 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $68 | $6,49711 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 95th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
Other cardiovascular disease in Durham
- R WilliamsDurham$2.1M
- Marat FudimDurham$902K
- Jonathan PicciniDurham$767K
- Robert MentzDurham$489K
- Adrian HernandezDurham$409K
- Neha PagidipatiDurham$301K
- Joseph KissloDurham$283K
- Mitchell KrucoffDurham$281K
- Ankeet BhattDurham$258K
- Christopher GrangerDurham$257K
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.