John Waters, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Kearney, NENPI 1033176656
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 189 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 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,464 and has fallen 53.6% since, to $679 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $6,648.
Across 189 payments — averaging $22.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$511
- Inari Medical, Inc.$445
- Johnson & Johnson$399
- AstraZeneca$322
- Boston Scientific$256
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$210
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,09898%
- Education$832%
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 | 28 | $511 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 24 | $445 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $399 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $322 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $256 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $210 |
| Novartis | 10 | $191 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $166 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $153 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $139 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $126 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $116 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $115 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $107 |
| Stryker | 3 | $100 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $92 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Abbott | 3 | $69 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $23 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 50 interventional cardiology providers in Nebraska.
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 | 95 | $76,045 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 31 | $24,739 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $19,074 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $9,097 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 134 | $1,605 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 124 | $1,420 |
| Eplerenone | 16 | $886 |
| Carvedilol | 134 | $698 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 72 | $458 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 23 | $448 |
| Losartan Potassium | 59 | $345 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 21 | $340 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 11 | $291 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 24 | $245 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 47 | $232 |
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 | $166 | $76,04595 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $191 | $24,73931 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $116 | $19,07420 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $322 | $9,09715 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 50 interventional cardiology providers in Nebraska.
Other interventional cardiology in Kearney
- James HallKearney$36K
- Daniel McGowanKearney$9K
- Vinayak NagarajaKearney$4K
- Sean DenneyKearney$1K
- Panayotis Alain EfstratiouKearney$722
- Brock CookmanLincoln$782K
- Himanshu AgarwalOmaha$541K
- Matthew JohnsonLincoln$162K
- Poonam VelagapudiOmaha$142K
- Steven MartinLincoln$55K
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.