Joseph Mazza, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Lincoln, RINPI 1912905209
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $167 of the $189 with a category attached, or 88.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 24.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $86 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $27 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in RI, where the typical reported total is $360.
Across 9 payments — averaging $20.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$46
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$43
- Edwards Lifesciences$27
- Merck$22
- Abbott$20
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$20
- plus $11 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16789%
- Education$2211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 2 | $46 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$189 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.
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 | 1,560 | $1,450,768 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 648 | $637,489 |
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 16 | $415,424 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 225 | $204,285 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 115 | $91,172 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 59 | $63,801 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 39 | $23,169 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 21 | $21,038 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,445 | $20,999 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,457 | $18,010 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 39 | $13,322 |
| Losartan Potassium | 1,028 | $11,288 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 388 | $9,524 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 1,034 | $9,382 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 1,015 | $8,503 |
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, Vyndamax | $46 | $1,866,1911,576 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 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.
Other cardiovascular disease in Lincoln
- Andrew ThorpLincoln$8K
- Hoshang FarhadLincoln$3K
- Ibrahim ElgabryWoonsocket$72K
- Ara SadaniantzProvidence$27K
- George BourganosWoonsocket$16K
- Edward ThomasWarwick$15K
- John CavaProvidence$12K
- Jeremy LumProvidence$10K
- Franklin SchneiderProvidence$8K
- Andrew HordesPawtucket$7K
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.