Leandro Slipczuk Bustamante, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Philadelphia, PANPI 1134431000
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $8,896 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $206 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 64 payments — averaging $388.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$9K
- Amgen$6K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$3K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Heartflow, Inc.$494
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 39 payments — averaging $16,224 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.
- Amgen$486K
- Novartis$120K
- Applied Therapeutics, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,73347%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,54030%
- Travel & lodging$2,3519%
- Food & beverage$2,95912%
- Education$2581%
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 | 4 | $9,054 |
| Amgen | 9 | $6,340 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $3,104 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $2,997 |
| Abbott | 18 | $1,467 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 4 | $494 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $422 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $288 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $258 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $94 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $90 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $41 |
| Bayer | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Repatha$5,950
- CT Equip Undiv$4,852
- PD Other$4,060
- EVKEEZA$2,925
- Mitra Clip system$1,058
- Carto 3$365
- NEXLETOL$280
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$162
- Turbo Elite$142
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$126
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$122
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$122
- PRALUENT$101
How this compares
$24,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,250 cardiovascular disease providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 556 | $581,495 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 452 | $503,544 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 297 | $452,229 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 342 | $414,343 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 163 | $299,466 |
| EliquisApixaban | 257 | $266,678 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 210 | $182,774 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 56 | $90,646 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 90 | $58,905 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 46 | $51,552 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 57 | $45,109 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $36,996 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 41 | $36,996 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 23 | $27,440 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 21 | $24,889 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $258 | $751,695460 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $41 | $266,678257 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $422 | $36,99641 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $6,340 | $19,44014 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 90th percentile of 1,250 cardiovascular disease providers in Pennsylvania.
Other cardiovascular disease in Philadelphia
- Paul ForfiaPhiladelphia$1.2M
- Quang BuiPhiladelphia$933K
- Dean KaralisPhiladelphia$385K
- Manavendra BakhshiPhiladelphia$250K
- Philip HainesPhiladelphia$170K
- Julio ChirinosPhiladelphia$145K
- Michael MillerPhiladelphia$133K
- Nehal MehtaPhiladelphia$129K
- Garo GaribianPhiladelphia$115K
- Norman FeinsmithPhiladelphia$94K
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.