Ranchhod Khant, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Brandon, FLNPI 1811959307
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Novartis accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,181 and has fallen 71.9% since, to $332 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $2,774.
Across 49 payments — averaging $47.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Amgen$123
- Pfizer$91
- Johnson & Johnson$70
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$69
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$50
- plus $218 from 8 others
Across 60 payments — averaging $23,859 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.1M
- Novartis$194K
- Amgen$90K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,05046%
- Food & beverage$1,18551%
- Education$703%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 20 | $1,685 |
| Amgen | 7 | $123 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $70 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $69 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Abbott | 1 | $48 |
| Merck | 2 | $41 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,306 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
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 | 450 | $529,365 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 161 | $215,564 |
| CamzyosMavacamten | 21 | $171,318 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 120 | $110,433 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 80 | $108,608 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 73 | $75,014 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 55 | $46,573 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 44 | $42,759 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 20 | $20,508 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 19 | $20,130 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 11 | $10,911 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 812 | $10,578 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 13 | $10,362 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 19 | $7,439 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 38 | $4,852 |
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 | $91 | $529,365450 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,685 | $215,564161 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Camzyos | $69 | $171,31821 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $21 | $121,587128 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $23 | $110,433120 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $70 | $108,60880 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $41 | $10,91111 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 45th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Brandon
- Robert DewhurstBrandon$297K
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
- Vijay HaryaniVero Beach$413K
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.