RxDoctor Payments Data

Hisham Wagdy, MD

Interventional Cardiology · Cedar Rapids, IANPI 1053396283

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 13 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. accounts for 61.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $141, more than ten times the $13 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $3,872.

$439in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 13 payments — averaging $33.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$270
  • Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.$69
  • Abiomed$25
  • Abbott$19
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$17
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$15
  • plus $25 from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$439100%

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.

How this compares

$439 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 64 interventional cardiology providers in Iowa.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$270,928
Medicare patients
2,626
Services billed
6,396

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
EliquisApixaban1,063$1,057,475
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan208$203,281
XareltoRivaroxaban158$202,748
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab303$183,202
JardianceEmpagliflozin126$114,556
Praluent PenAlirocumab112$59,894
MultaqDronedarone Hcl21$40,187
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol48$36,860
Metoprolol Succinate1,957$22,091
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl35$17,064
BrilintaTicagrelor26$10,608
Atorvastatin Calcium1,088$9,736
Icosapent Ethyl11$6,590
Bumetanide336$6,138
Rosuvastatin Calcium406$5,154

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
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$12$47,46874 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 10th percentile of 64 interventional cardiology providers in Iowa.

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