Ronald Schechter, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Towson, MDNPI 1053321851
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 399 payments — averaging $19.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$931
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$898
- Novartis$711
- Edwards Lifesciences$687
- Medtronic$620
- Johnson & Johnson$596
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,854100%
- Education$160%
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 | 62 | $931 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 64 | $898 |
| Novartis | 44 | $711 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $687 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $620 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $596 |
| Amgen | 24 | $468 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $382 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $306 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $257 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $209 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $208 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $207 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $194 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $146 |
| Abbott | 2 | $130 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $114 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $84 |
| Gilead | 5 | $74 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Merck | 4 | $56 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $51 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$7,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 507 cardiovascular disease providers in Maryland.
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 | 373 | $493,513 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 146 | $193,138 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 67 | $98,231 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 33 | $55,233 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 30 | $30,244 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 38 | $25,909 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 503 | $12,081 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 510 | $10,038 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 156 | $4,779 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 327 | $4,621 |
| Losartan Potassium | 315 | $4,370 |
| Ezetimibe | 85 | $2,876 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 93 | $2,666 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 55 | $2,558 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 114 | $2,125 |
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 | $931 | $493,513373 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $596 | $193,138146 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $711 | $98,23167 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $382 | $55,23333 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $306 | $30,24430 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 507 cardiovascular disease providers in Maryland.
Other cardiovascular disease in Towson
- Jeremy PollockTowson$80K
- Christopher DefilippiBaltimore$9.2M
- Thorsten LeuckerBaltimore$7.1M
- Joao LimaBaltimore$5.6M
- Jeffrey ColeBaltimore$4.8M
- Carlos InceBaltimore$3M
- Paul GurbelBaltimore$2.6M
- Navin KapurBaltimore$1.8M
- Vineet VenugopalLanham$1.5M
- Robert WeissBaltimore$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.