RxDoctor Payments Data

Keith Kopec, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Cedar Rapids, IANPI 1588649875

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 77.6% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $76 and has fallen 67.8% since, to $24 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $1,334.

$206in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $22.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$160
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$24
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$22
$85,526in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 47 payments — averaging $1819.70 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.

  • Livanova USA, Inc.$86K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$206100%

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

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22
24
25

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.

How this compares

$206 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 142 cardiovascular disease providers in Iowa.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$209,864
Medicare patients
2,048
Services billed
4,104

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban634$655,449
XareltoRivaroxaban301$334,676
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan162$172,297
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab147$84,326
JardianceEmpagliflozin47$37,533
MultaqDronedarone Hcl15$26,925
Metoprolol Succinate1,223$15,785
Praluent PenAlirocumab22$8,206
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl309$5,466
Potassium Chloride192$4,378
Atorvastatin Calcium655$4,218
Prasugrel Hcl17$3,285
Bumetanide92$3,277
Digoxin121$2,889
Midodrine Hcl19$2,695

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$160$334,676301 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 15th percentile of 142 cardiovascular disease providers in Iowa.

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