Paul Silverman, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Oak Lawn, ILNPI 1336132182
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 215 payments — averaging $146.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$19K
- Medtronic$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Novartis$389
- Biotronik Inc.$371
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,35010%
- Travel & lodging$6,39046%
- Food & beverage$5,96543%
- Education$450%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 24 | $18,747 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $6,982 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 18 | $1,800 |
| Abiomed | 15 | $1,404 |
| Novartis | 18 | $389 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $371 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 26 | $259 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $197 |
| Amgen | 7 | $195 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $137 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $136 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $127 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $99 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $85 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $73 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $62 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, 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.
- XARELTO$1,581
- Impella$988
- SYMPLICITY G3$296
- Orsiro Mission$255
- Resolute$231
- Xience V coronary stent system$222
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$213
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$178
- ONYX FRONTIER$171
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$152
- Torus Stent Graft System$147
- ENDOCROSS Device$147
- OPTIS$127
- Xience Sierra Coronary Stent System$120
- Watchman$111
How this compares
$31,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 303 interventional cardiology providers in Illinois.
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 | 256 | $277,310 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 86 | $91,129 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $46,693 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 37 | $38,994 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 27 | $23,116 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $14,731 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 29 | $13,912 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 17 | $9,413 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 29 | $6,941 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 281 | $4,921 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 370 | $3,834 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 264 | $3,569 |
| Ezetimibe | 162 | $3,348 |
| Carvedilol | 213 | $2,869 |
| Losartan Potassium | 188 | $2,230 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $132 | $277,310256 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $389 | $91,12986 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $99 | $46,69338 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,800 | $38,99437 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $127 | $14,73113 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $86 | $9,41317 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 303 interventional cardiology providers in Illinois.
Other interventional cardiology in Oak Lawn
- Jaafer GolzarOak Lawn$258K
- Charles DavidsonChicago$5.8M
- Ravi RamanaPalos Park$2.8M
- Mark RicciardiEvanston$2.2M
- Andrei PopElk Grove Village$1.9M
- Krishna Rocha SinghSpringfield$1.7M
- Bruce LewisMaywood$1.3M
- Justin LevisayEvanston$837K
- Atman ShahChicago$794K
- Laura DavidsonChicago$661K
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.