Howard Barron
Cardiovascular Disease · Hollywood, FLNPI 1275614992
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 171 payments — averaging $20.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$611
- Abbott$472
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$311
- Johnson & Johnson$245
- Bayer$241
- Novo Nordisk$197
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,44699%
- Education$181%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 36 | $611 |
| Abbott | 15 | $472 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $311 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $245 |
| Bayer | 8 | $241 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $197 |
| Merck | 12 | $194 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $186 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $163 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $119 |
| Novartis | 7 | $106 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $102 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $101 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $42 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $22 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| GSK | 1 | $13 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $12 |
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.
- PRALUENT$252
- Kerendia$119
- Vascepa$115
- Confirm Rx$112
How this compares
$3,463 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Hollywood
- Barry HarrisHollywood$1.6M
- Dennis SpillerHollywood$707K
- Michael KorenGainesville$31M
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$11.1M
- Alexis GutierrezHialeah$8M
- Eric SpivackAventura$7.1M
- William OneillNaples$4.6M
- Rafik AbadierInverness$4.4M
- Alvaro MurciaPembroke Pines$4M
- David HotchkissPort Charlotte$4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.