Kwasi Dakwa, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1861788382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.6%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 38.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,092, 2.1 times the $517 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $5,446.
Across 34 payments — averaging $79.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Abiomed$708
- GE HealthCare$210
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$144
- Edwards Lifesciences$125
- Abbott$122
- plus $356 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$271%
- Travel & lodging$1,19544%
- Food & beverage$1,46955%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $1,026 |
| Abiomed | 11 | $708 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $210 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $72 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $63 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 73 interventional cardiology providers in Connecticut.
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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 | 148 | $164,057 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 72 | $58,628 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 24 | $26,666 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $21,644 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $17,029 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 359 | $6,548 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 236 | $3,268 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 200 | $2,796 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 162 | $2,215 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 67 | $1,754 |
| Potassium Chloride | 47 | $1,503 |
| Losartan Potassium | 151 | $1,386 |
| Furosemide | 117 | $955 |
| Bumetanide | 30 | $857 |
| Spironolactone | 81 | $818 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Bridgeport
- Robert AttaranBridgeport$12K
- Amit VoraNew Haven$409K
- Craig ThompsonHartford$222K
- Michael NannaNew Haven$60K
- Jawad HaiderBloomfield$44K
- Sameer NagpalNew Haven$43K
- Khagendra DahalFarmington$42K
- Abdul QaziHartford$38K
- Sarfaraz MemonHartford$30K
- Edward CarrerasStratford$30K
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.