Pauline Watson, DO
Cardiovascular Disease · Saginaw, MINPI 1619147253
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 158 payments — averaging $109.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$11K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Novartis$359
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$205
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,39050%
- Food & beverage$3,43650%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 24 | $10,722 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $1,816 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $1,332 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,230 |
| Novartis | 21 | $359 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $205 |
| Amgen | 11 | $195 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $179 |
| Abbott | 3 | $134 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $133 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $126 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $85 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $80 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $72 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $58 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $46 |
| Merck | 2 | $43 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cardiva Medical, 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.
- PASCAL$1,404
- LINQ II$1,010
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$832
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$160
- Impella$116
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$112
How this compares
$17,247 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
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 | 512 | $600,111 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 123 | $116,660 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 72 | $115,554 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 76 | $92,486 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 57 | $56,556 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 30 | $42,017 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 18 | $28,426 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 549 | $10,642 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 30 | $6,448 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 252 | $5,946 |
| Diltiazem 12hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 18 | $5,608 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 332 | $5,551 |
| Pitavastatin Calcium | 21 | $5,392 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 84 | $3,203 |
| Ezetimibe | 152 | $3,201 |
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 | $10,722 | $600,111512 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $80 | $116,660123 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $359 | $115,55472 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $179 | $92,48676 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $58 | $42,01730 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $28 | $28,42618 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 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
Other cardiovascular disease in Saginaw
- Peter FattalSaginaw$817K
- Vipin KhetarpalSaginaw$231K
- Stanley ChetcutiAnn Arbor$4.3M
- Sandeep KhuranaGrandville$2.3M
- Victor MolesAnn Arbor$2.1M
- Jihad MustaphaGrand Rapids$1.9M
- Marschall RungeAnn Arbor$1.8M
- Sara SaberiAnn Arbor$1.6M
- Brian OneillDetroit$1.4M
- Vallerie McLaughlinAnn Arbor$1.4M
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.