Ronald Freudenberger
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Allentown, PANPI 1750451332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,808 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $666 in 2025.
Across 140 payments — averaging $199.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Abbott$961
- GE HealthCare$206
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$170
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$138
- plus $470 from 6 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $2462.31 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$14K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Medtronic$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,15051%
- Travel & lodging$4,40116%
- Food & beverage$9,34033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 53 | $14,103 |
| Boston Scientific | 67 | $11,845 |
| Abbott | 9 | $961 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $206 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $170 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $113 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $93 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $90 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$8,190
- VenaSeal$711
- RESONATE$579
- Micra$385
- WATCHMAN Access System$256
- Azure$236
- SYNERGY$230
- CardioInsight$197
- ASSURITY$189
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$170
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$153
- AMPLATZER AMULET$147
- Carto 3$138
- LINQ II$135
- SYMPLICITY G3$133
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$133
- Assurity Pacemaker$130
- Absolute Pro vascular stent system$129
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$128
- LATITUDE$125
How this compares
$27,891 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 96 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 171 | $190,354 |
| EliquisApixaban | 96 | $113,915 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $44,960 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 24 | $24,540 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $23,479 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 258 | $4,698 |
| Dofetilide | 12 | $4,187 |
| PlavixClopidogrel Bisulfate | 11 | $3,193 |
| Torsemide | 82 | $2,826 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 186 | $2,475 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 54 | $1,727 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 118 | $1,380 |
| Spironolactone | 99 | $1,238 |
| Digoxin | 36 | $1,226 |
| Carvedilol | 92 | $1,221 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.