Salpy Pamboukian, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Seattle, WANPI 1689607863
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $3,600 of the $4,529 with a category attached, or 79.5%. Medtronic accounts for 79.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2023 is the largest year on record at $3,600, more than ten times the $20 reported in 2019.
Across 11 payments — averaging $411.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$907
- Novartis$20
- United Therapeutics Corporation$3
Across 13 payments — averaging $4909.48 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$24K
- Medtronic$18K
- Boston Scientific$18K
- Abbott$4K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,60079%
- Travel & lodging$82418%
- Food & beverage$1032%
- Education$30%
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 | 1 | $3,600 |
| Abbott | 8 | $907 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $3 |
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.
- CARDIOMEMS$683
How this compares
$4,529 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 20 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Washington.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 11 | $285,943 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 97 | $146,766 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 90 | $112,352 |
| EliquisApixaban | 84 | $96,840 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 13 | $19,910 |
| Tacrolimus | 71 | $12,611 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $12,102 |
| Sirolimus | 17 | $9,252 |
| Mycophenolic AcidMycophenolate Sodium | 27 | $5,892 |
| Bumetanide | 17 | $4,165 |
| Dapsone | 45 | $3,910 |
| Eplerenone | 23 | $2,320 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 103 | $2,231 |
| Potassium Chloride | 54 | $1,499 |
| Torsemide | 64 | $1,451 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $20 | $146,76697 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 60th percentile of 20 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Washington.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Seattle
- Wayne LevySeattle$275K
- John MignoneSeattle$19K
- Preethi PirlamarlaSeattle$14K
- James ZhangSeattle$3K
- April Stempien OteroSeattle$2K
- Sunu ThomasSeattle$2K
- Richard ChengSeattle$759
- Elina MinamiSeattle$698
- Daniel FishbeinSeattle$600
- Kevin ObrienSeattle$222
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.