RxDoctor Payments Data

Patrick Hyland, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Boston, MANPI 1528595402

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 30 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 29.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $451 and has fallen 72.6% since, to $124 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $6,286.

$1,018in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 30 payments — averaging $33.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$296
  • Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$127
  • Abbott$124
  • Amgen$124
  • Pfizer$107
  • Heartflow, Inc.$52
  • plus $188 from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,018100%

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

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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.

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

$1,018 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 35 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$36,645
Medicare patients
171
Services billed
421

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan12$19,148
Metoprolol Succinate27$600
Spironolactone20$171

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Boston

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