John Paulowski, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Canton, OHNPI 1841279684
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 115 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 24.3% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $4,547.
Across 115 payments — averaging $22.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$635
- Medtronic$429
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$316
- Abiomed$290
- Amgen$164
- Novartis$146
- plus $634 from 20 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $1472.48 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.
- CSL Behring$45K
- Abbott$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80%
- Food & beverage$2,606100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $635 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $429 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 22 | $316 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $290 |
| Amgen | 12 | $164 |
| Novartis | 10 | $146 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $121 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $60 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $43 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $37 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 2 | $34 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $14 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- RESOLUTE ONYX$273
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$258
- Impella$127
- SYMPLICITY G3$112
How this compares
$2,614 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
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 | 225 | $277,015 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 119 | $103,150 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 91 | $78,622 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 61 | $75,130 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 41 | $41,440 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 17 | $16,267 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 23 | $14,402 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 13 | $12,191 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 481 | $6,351 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 484 | $5,035 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 377 | $4,878 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 56 | $4,625 |
| Dofetilide | 21 | $3,878 |
| Losartan Potassium | 297 | $2,411 |
| Carvedilol | 213 | $2,133 |
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 | $24 | $277,015225 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $43 | $103,150119 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $146 | $75,13061 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $29 | $41,44041 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $121 | $14,40223 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 35th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
Other interventional cardiology in Canton
- Muhammad SardarCanton$52K
- Gary AnselColumbus$3.3M
- John CheathamColumbus$1.4M
- Carlos Sanchez SotoColumbus$1.1M
- Steven YakubovColumbus$907K
- Timothy HenryCincinnati$605K
- Mitchell SilverColumbus$562K
- John PhillipsColumbus$410K
- John CorlCincinnati$390K
- Santiago GarciaCincinnati$360K
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.