Laurent Lewkowiez, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Denver, CONPI 1811002496
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $594, 2.5 times the $236 reported in 2019.
Across 31 payments — averaging $66.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$632
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$567
- Boston Scientific$435
- Atricure, Inc.$160
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$154
- Abbott$94
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,055100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $632 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 10 | $567 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $435 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Abbott | 4 | $94 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- OPTIMIZER$309
- Carto 3$271
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$173
- Azure$164
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$160
- Pentaray Nav$147
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$146
How this compares
$2,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 276 cardiovascular disease providers in Colorado.
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 | 39 | $50,902 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 22 | $38,744 |
| PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 33 | $8,137 |
| Dofetilide | 48 | $3,594 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 99 | $3,227 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 19 | $2,053 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 46 | $1,353 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 31 | $774 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 22 | $498 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 45 | $476 |
| Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl | 14 | $468 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 39 | $459 |
| Digoxin | 18 | $230 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Denver
- Andrew FreemanDenver$454K
- Sameer MehtaDenver$92K
- Jake ChaninDenver$82K
- John RumsfeldDenver$24K
- Mori KrantzDenver$22K
- Fady IskanderDenver$16K
- Jose SanchezDenver$8K
- Sam RougasDenver$6K
- Payal KohliAurora$1.7M
- Marc BonacaAurora$703K
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.