John Altman, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Lakewood, CONPI 1780680777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 722 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 722 payments — averaging $32.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Abbott$900
- plus $11K from 54 others
Across 136 payments — averaging $5688.24 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.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$233K
- Medtronic$185K
- Novartis$120K
- Boston Scientific$117K
- Philips North America LLC$78K
- Abbott$37K
- plus $4K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$620%
- Travel & lodging$6383%
- Food & beverage$22,32896%
- Education$580%
- Other$2241%
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.
- Impella$2,699
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$817
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$365
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$365
- OPTIMIZER$337
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$259
- Diamondback Coronary$257
- XARELTO$249
- Repatha$225
- SensiTherm (ICE)$184
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$175
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$170
- ELUVIA$167
- SYMPLICITY G3$166
- RESOLUTE ONYX$164
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$158
- Artis icono floor$152
- Artis Q.zen$148
- WATCHMAN Access System$143
- SUPERA$141
How this compares
$23,311 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 276 cardiovascular disease providers in Colorado.
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 | 527 | $578,823 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 304 | $238,812 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 131 | $157,862 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 144 | $150,671 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 89 | $82,341 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 72 | $44,866 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 25 | $24,148 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $17,214 |
| Ezetimibe | 625 | $10,696 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 943 | $8,991 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 694 | $7,041 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 422 | $5,231 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 19 | $4,249 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 46 | $3,845 |
| Losartan Potassium | 288 | $2,666 |
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 | $492 | $578,823527 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $827 | $157,862131 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $791 | $150,671144 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $512 | $82,34189 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $109 | $24,14825 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $427 | $17,21416 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 90th percentile of 276 cardiovascular disease providers in Colorado.
Other cardiovascular disease in Lakewood
- Lawrence LazarLakewood$46K
- Norman GrayLakewood$14K
- David HalpinLakewood$14K
- Takeshi KataokaLakewood$8K
- Vijay SubbaraoLakewood$6K
- Michael PtasnikLakewood$6K
- Payal KohliAurora$1.7M
- Marc BonacaAurora$703K
- Andrew FreemanDenver$454K
- William SauerAurora$365K
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.