Inyong Hwang
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1528346111
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 180 payments — averaging $27.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$897
- Novartis$534
- Bayer$491
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$344
- Abbott$283
- Pfizer$239
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,912100%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 51 | $897 |
| Novartis | 25 | $534 |
| Bayer | 15 | $491 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $344 |
| Abbott | 5 | $283 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $239 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $199 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $198 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $177 |
| Merck | 3 | $134 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $134 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $133 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $124 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $103 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $98 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $98 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Gilead | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $39 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $28 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $11 |
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
$4,932 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
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 | 323 | $239,816 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 117 | $96,902 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 67 | $61,971 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 109 | $60,626 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 72 | $52,172 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $45,989 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 41 | $29,471 |
| InpefaSotagliflozin | 38 | $22,445 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 21 | $22,122 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 52 | $18,888 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 20 | $12,364 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $12,197 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 24 | $11,538 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 21 | $11,140 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 16 | $8,783 |
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 | $239 | $239,816323 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $39 | $96,902117 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $103 | $81,643113 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $534 | $61,97167 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $177 | $57,12875 claims |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inpefa | $198 | $22,44538 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $134 | $8,55416 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $20 | $4,67723 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 60th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Kalyanam ShivkumarLos Angeles$2.9M
- Priscilla HsueLos Angeles$2.3M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.4M
- Somjot BrarLos Angeles$1.2M
- Freny ModyLos Angeles$960K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$683K
- Parveen GargLos Angeles$653K
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
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.