Richard Levy, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · San Francisco, CANPI 1356421408
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 443 payments — averaging $42.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$10K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$892
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$829
- Novartis$784
- plus $4K from 26 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1165.63 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,35044%
- Travel & lodging$180%
- Food & beverage$10,37354%
- Education$2962%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 49 | $9,596 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 48 | $1,400 |
| Novo Nordisk | 50 | $1,096 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 36 | $892 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 54 | $829 |
| Novartis | 29 | $784 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $480 |
| Amgen | 12 | $474 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 32 | $458 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $426 |
| Bayer | 12 | $417 |
| Merck | 17 | $352 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $343 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 15 | $298 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $209 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $195 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $148 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $52 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Infobionic, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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
$19,037 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
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 | 83 | $77,112 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 66 | $69,809 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 41 | $39,146 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 51 | $35,033 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $26,479 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 22 | $17,779 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 15 | $14,771 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $14,132 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 14 | $12,342 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 19 | $11,201 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 13 | $9,998 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $9,658 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 622 | $6,860 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $6,384 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 15 | $6,119 |
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 | $209 | $77,11283 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $426 | $69,80966 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $1,400 | $49,14454 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $9,596 | $46,23570 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $784 | $26,47927 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq, Lantus | $892 | $18,67936 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $480 | $14,77115 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,096 | $14,13215 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $352 | $12,34214 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $195 | $9,32459 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 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in San Francisco
- Michael BlumSan Francisco$5.5M
- Tony ChouSan Francisco$5.2M
- Theodore AbrahamSan Francisco$1.6M
- Jonathan ZaroffSan Francisco$791K
- Philip SagerSan Francisco$675K
- Javid MoslehiSan Francisco$651K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
- Lori DanielsSan Diego$10.2M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
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.