Nancy Sweitzer, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1619938081
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $29,554 of the $32,083 with a category attached, or 92.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acorda Therapeutics, Inc at 31.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,715 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $1,205 in 2024.
Across 29 payments — averaging $1106.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$10K
- Novartis$9K
- Merck$9K
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Novartis Pharma AG$187
- Abbott$154
- plus $50 from 1 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $3147.86 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$19K
- Array Biopharma Inc$18K
- Vifor (international) Ltd.$15K
- Merck$15K
- Bavarian Nordic A/s$1K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$444
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,55492%
- Travel & lodging$1,5535%
- Food & beverage$9763%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $10,236 |
| Novartis | 3 | $8,820 |
| Merck | 10 | $8,816 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $3,821 |
| Novartis Pharma AG | 2 | $187 |
| Abbott | 2 | $154 |
| Amgen | 1 | $50 |
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.
- ENTRESTO$8,820
- MK-1242$6,086
- LOKELMA$3,759
- VERQUVO$325
- LCZ696D_ENTRESTO_CARDIOVASCULAR$145
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$131
How this compares
$32,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 61 | $45,789 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 41 | $32,780 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $8,622 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $7,229 |
| Carvedilol | 36 | $486 |
| Spironolactone | 55 | $457 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 18 | $314 |
| Furosemide | 26 | $296 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 22 | $195 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 17 | $153 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 25 | $32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $8,820 | $45,78961 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $3,821 | $8,62216 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 75th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Saint Louis
- Gregory EwaldSaint Louis$35K
- Sumanth PrabhuSaint Louis$35K
- Justin HartupeeSaint Louis$30K
- Kory LavineSaint Louis$12K
- Justin VaderSaint Louis$8K
- Jonathan MorenoSaint Louis$5K
- Amanda VermaSaint Louis$5K
- Ali JavaheriSaint Louis$4K
- Edward GeltmanSaint Louis$4K
- Joel SchillingSaint Louis$3K
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.