Hartaj Virk, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Fair Lawn, NJNPI 1568626877
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,332 of the $19,418 with a category attached, or 63.5%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.4%. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NJ 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.
Across 255 payments — averaging $76.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$740
- plus $5K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3502%
- Travel & lodging$6,71435%
- Food & beverage$12,33264%
- Education$220%
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 | 63 | $4,540 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $3,441 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $2,906 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,887 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $1,330 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 9 | $740 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 16 | $732 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $597 |
| Endologix LLC | 5 | $522 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 28 | $485 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $374 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $305 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 4 | $300 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Novartis | 12 | $211 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $175 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $111 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $75 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $23 |
| Amgen | 2 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$2,197
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$2,197
- CoreValve Evolut$1,397
- IGT D Peripheral$1,157
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$1,132
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$739
- Mitra Clip system$588
- Diamondback Peripheral$503
- NAVITOR$464
- WATCHMAN FLX$425
- Impella$389
- Torus Stent Graft System$355
- ENDOCROSS Device$355
- R2P MISAGO$350
- ESPRIT$290
- Serrantor$250
- Watchman$231
- OPTIMIZER$206
- Claria MRI$155
- Barostim Neo System$149
How this compares
$19,418 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,006 cardiovascular disease providers in New Jersey.
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 | 159 | $153,902 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 72 | $78,488 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 78 | $72,936 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 65 | $64,642 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $41,520 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 43 | $30,147 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 586 | $8,189 |
| LivaloPitavastatin Calcium | 14 | $7,516 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 17 | $5,737 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 430 | $4,044 |
| Ezetimibe | 105 | $4,037 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 297 | $3,672 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 84 | $2,811 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 137 | $2,690 |
| Carvedilol | 285 | $2,599 |
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 | $75 | $153,902159 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $23 | $103,083121 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $211 | $78,48872 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $175 | $41,52028 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 1,006 cardiovascular disease providers in New Jersey.
Other cardiovascular disease in Fair Lawn
- Marc CohenNewark$762K
- Peter FarrugiaColts Neck$600K
- Felix Dailey-SterlingGuttenberg$568K
- Ramzan ZakirNew Brunswick$342K
- Richard KovachBrowns Mills$300K
- Andrea RussoCamden$293K
- John KostisNew Brunswick$225K
- Dilip ViswanathHaddon Heights$167K
- David PowellSpringfield$162K
- Fadi ChaabanWest Orange$161K
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.