Ravi Bhagwat, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Munster, INNPI 1386694230
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.8% of the total across 480 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 47 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 480 payments — averaging $28.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Amgen$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$985
- Boehringer Ingelheim$673
- Cook Medical LLC$597
- plus $8K from 41 others
Across 950 payments — averaging $2278.00 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$526K
- Merck$493K
- AstraZeneca$471K
- Novartis$275K
- Novo Nordisk AS$142K
- Novo Nordisk$81K
- plus $176K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$250%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2001%
- Travel & lodging$6855%
- Food & beverage$12,60392%
- Education$1411%
- Other$791%
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.
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.
- Cook Medical Peripheral Intervention$458
- FARXIGA$351
- Veltassa$325
- Cook Medical Zilver PTX$284
- NEXLIZET$250
- NEXLETOL$250
- JARDIANCE$235
- Repatha$224
- LEQVIO$215
- LifeVest$203
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$191
- COROFLOW$161
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$157
- Reveal LINQ$150
- Rotarex$147
- WATCHMAN FLX$146
- WATCHMAN Access System$142
- RYBELSUS$125
- SOLIQUA 100/33$125
- KRYSTEXXA$125
How this compares
$13,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
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 | 251 | $235,357 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 160 | $226,773 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 107 | $91,727 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 70 | $61,883 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 52 | $44,793 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $37,464 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 43 | $37,037 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $18,187 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 20 | $16,803 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $9,223 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 393 | $5,302 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 511 | $4,094 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 11 | $3,802 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 38 | $3,706 |
| Niacin ErNiacin | 14 | $3,246 |
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 | $33 | $235,357251 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,661 | $226,773160 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $479 | $91,727107 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $527 | $74,50179 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $673 | $61,88370 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $455 | $18,18713 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 80th percentile of 408 cardiovascular disease providers in Indiana.
Other cardiovascular disease in Munster
- Wail AsfourMunster$71K
- Omar HusseiniMunster$66K
- John MillerIndianapolis$354K
- David KovacichIndianapolis$327K
- Wai LeeElkhart$321K
- Anas SafadiHobart$295K
- Lawrence RinkBloomington$280K
- Vijay RaoIndianapolis$247K
- Steven SteinhublLafayette$247K
- Atul ChughIndianapolis$242K
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.