Samuel Lau, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Portland, ORNPI 1811995087
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,611 of the $2,171 with a category attached, or 74.2%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $692 and has fallen 79.1% since, to $145 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in OR, where the typical reported total is $4,729.
Across 55 payments — averaging $39.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$944
- Boston Scientific$148
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$107
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$107
- Medtronic$103
- Abiomed$80
- plus $681 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$56026%
- Food & beverage$1,61174%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 7 | $944 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $148 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $107 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $103 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $80 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $71 |
| Novartis | 3 | $61 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $61 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $27 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- OPTIS$551
- MitraClip System$169
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$107
- JOT DX$104
How this compares
$2,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 68 interventional cardiology providers in Oregon.
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 | 234 | $263,653 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 478 | $7,110 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 66 | $3,939 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 254 | $3,781 |
| Telmisartan | 31 | $1,238 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 73 | $860 |
| Carvedilol | 51 | $772 |
| Losartan Potassium | 74 | $759 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 39 | $630 |
| Lisinopril | 48 | $585 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 49 | $512 |
| Furosemide | 46 | $299 |
| Torsemide | 17 | $239 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 16 | $235 |
| Nitroglycerin | 16 | $182 |
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 | $263,653234 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 30th percentile of 68 interventional cardiology providers in Oregon.
Other interventional cardiology in Portland
- Jason WollmuthPortland$749K
- Ethan KorngoldPortland$407K
- Amish DesaiPortland$186K
- Harsh GolwalaPortland$105K
- Brandon JonesPortland$101K
- Kathryn DawsonPortland$57K
- Logan VincentPortland$42K
- Amged AbdelazizPortland$38K
- Richard SohnPortland$38K
- Daniel FeldmanPortland$36K
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.