Kelley Branch
Cardiovascular Disease · Seattle, WANPI 1760572622
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $70,811 of the $103,261 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 38.0% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $1290.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$39K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$26K
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$24K
- Bayer$7K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$3K
- Heartflow, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $12,237 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.
- Novartis$365K
- Eli Lilly$207K
- Abbott$19K
- Bayer$16K
- Cleerly, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70,81169%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,89024%
- Travel & lodging$4,4584%
- Food & beverage$3,1033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $39,238 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 9 | $26,454 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 5 | $23,700 |
| Bayer | 6 | $6,843 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $3,438 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 8 | $1,693 |
| Novartis | 5 | $624 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $400 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 3 | $304 |
| Amgen | 2 | $175 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $43 |
| Abbott | 1 | $38 |
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.
- XARELTO$42,071
- Assure WCD$23,700
- Kerendia$6,670
- FFRct$1,504
- TRULICITY$400
- Cleerly Ischemia$166
- Cleerly Labs$166
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$153
- Inpefa$118
- NEXLETOL$116
- INVOKANA$103
How this compares
$103,261 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 370 cardiovascular disease providers in Washington.
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 | 53 | $73,210 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $21,322 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 91 | $1,278 |
| Ezetimibe | 17 | $1,017 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 59 | $999 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 65 | $922 |
| Lisinopril | 59 | $347 |
| Losartan Potassium | 26 | $289 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 13 | $265 |
| Spironolactone | 38 | $252 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 39 | $213 |
| Carvedilol | 29 | $198 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $81 |
| Simvastatin | 15 | $64 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $39,238 | $21,32215 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 95th percentile of 370 cardiovascular disease providers in Washington.
Other cardiovascular disease in Seattle
- Mariko HarperSeattle$246K
- Gary OppenheimSeattle$153K
- Erik WissnerSeattle$67K
- Younghoon KwonSeattle$66K
- Aron BenderSeattle$60K
- Vidhushei YogeswaranSeattle$55K
- Santanu BiswasSeattle$30K
- Bhanu GuptaSeattle$27K
- Michael LongoSeattle$22K
- Oana PetrescuSeattle$13K
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.