Ira Lieber, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Kingwood, TXNPI 1619977477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 346 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.9% of the total.
Across 346 payments — averaging $32.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biotronik Inc.$758
- Novo Nordisk$510
- Johnson & Johnson$491
- Merck$439
- plus $4K from 35 others
Across 387 payments — averaging $8602.86 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.
- Novartis$1.9M
- Amgen$692K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$348K
- AbbVie$157K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$81K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$59K
- plus $132K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$120%
- Food & beverage$11,217100%
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.
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.
- Confirm Rx$966
- AVEIR$444
- BioMonitor$353
- Quartet CRT Lead$341
- JOT DX$338
- OPTIMIZER$275
- Solia$213
- Rivacor$213
- Edora$213
- Acticor$213
- ASSURITY$148
- GALLANT$146
- QUARTET$144
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$142
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$140
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$140
- Zero Gravity$140
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$140
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$140
- LEQVIO$133
How this compares
$11,229 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 100 | $112,571 |
| EliquisApixaban | 87 | $88,192 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 38 | $53,387 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 30 | $27,671 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 19 | $18,040 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 11 | $8,815 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 15 | $8,664 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 276 | $7,394 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 270 | $2,975 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 34 | $2,905 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 55 | $2,743 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 158 | $2,420 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 28 | $1,938 |
| Losartan Potassium | 136 | $1,807 |
| Colchicine | 23 | $1,300 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $491 | $112,571100 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $25 | $88,19287 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $380 | $53,38738 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $14 | $18,04019 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 55th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Kingwood
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.1M
- Vamsi KrishnaKyle$2M
- Jeffrey CarrTyler$1.9M
- John IsaacHouston$1.8M
- Robert ChiltonSan Antonio$1.3M
- Sameh SayfoPlano$1M
- Srinivasa PotluriPlano$781K
- Karim Al-AziziPlano$734K
- Robert StolerDallas$587K
- Peter MonteleoneKyle$461K
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.