Jesus Rame, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Philadelphia, PANPI 1417914953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $216,385 of the $335,563 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 44 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 42.5% of the total. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 635 payments — averaging $528.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$143K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$84K
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$42K
- Abbott$36K
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$11K
- Bayer$7K
- plus $13K from 38 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $2578.93 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.
- Endotronix, Inc.$22K
- Boston Scientific$19K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$43,59413%
- Speaking & faculty fees$216,38564%
- Travel & lodging$53,82516%
- Food & beverage$21,0026%
- Education$7560%
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.
- VERQUVO$182,290
- CAMZYOS$56,660
- Inpefa$41,844
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$13,861
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$8,668
- Kerendia$6,654
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$6,467
- CARDIOMEMS$2,140
- HeartWare HVAD$1,936
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,561
- Impella$1,120
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$500
- UPTRAVI$482
- BVA-100$428
- remede System$343
- AccuCinch$286
- HeartMate$241
- CORDELLA PULOMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSOR$215
- NOVALUNG SYSTEM$133
- OPSUMIT$120
How this compares
$335,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 96 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| CamzyosMavacamten | 98 | $820,930 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 15 | $410,377 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 14 | $336,828 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 14 | $178,958 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 122 | $117,008 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 102 | $104,322 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 71 | $67,795 |
| EliquisApixaban | 63 | $42,512 |
| Tacrolimus | 32 | $9,023 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $6,604 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 34 | $5,591 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 105 | $2,191 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 24 | $1,997 |
| Digoxin | 61 | $1,171 |
| Eplerenone | 15 | $1,082 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Camzyos | $84,394 | $820,93098 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Uptravi, Opsumit | $1,265 | $589,33629 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $743 | $117,008122 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $196 | $104,322102 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $497 | $67,79571 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $209 | $42,51263 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 95th percentile of 96 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Philadelphia
- Anjali VaidyaPhiladelphia$762K
- Ileana PinaPhiladelphia$284K
- Jeremy MazurekPhiladelphia$142K
- Lee GoldbergPhiladelphia$130K
- Anjali OwensPhiladelphia$109K
- Behnam BozorgniaPhiladelphia$107K
- Joyce WaldPhiladelphia$97K
- Paul MatherPhiladelphia$55K
- Hansie MathelierPhiladelphia$43K
- Nosheen RezaPhiladelphia$37K
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.