Steven Regwan, DO
Cardiovascular Disease · Salinas, CANPI 1952525123
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vifor Pharma, Inc. at 58.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $67,228 and has fallen 66.8% since, to $22,343 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,403 payments — averaging $93.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$76K
- AstraZeneca$27K
- Abbott$13K
- Medtronic$6K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Novartis$937
- plus $7K from 39 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,2386%
- Speaking & faculty fees$78,02559%
- Travel & lodging$21,46616%
- Food & beverage$24,37519%
- Education$1370%
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.
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.
- Veltassa$74,592
- LOKELMA$25,755
- AVEIR$4,213
- LINQ II$1,560
- TRICLIP$876
- MERLIN@HOME$563
- Micra$562
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$458
- GALLANT$444
- Confirm Rx$375
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$304
- CARDIOMEMS$292
- JOT DX$291
- LifeVest$238
- LEQVIO$231
- Fortify Assura$157
- FFRct$148
- Assurity Pacemaker$138
- QUADRA ASSURA$136
- CardioMEMS HF System$133
How this compares
$131,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 | 265 | $283,646 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 55 | $68,941 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 44 | $41,758 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 36 | $30,949 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $21,064 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 21 | $17,570 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $15,966 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 21 | $14,809 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 79 | $7,825 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 104 | $5,710 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 267 | $4,179 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 86 | $3,453 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 14 | $2,753 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 64 | $2,277 |
| Bumetanide | 20 | $2,126 |
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 | $700 | $283,646265 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $427 | $68,94155 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $937 | $41,75844 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $335 | $21,06430 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $26,640 | $15,96611 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 95th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Salinas
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
- Wilber SuStanford$1.1M
- Thomas SmithSacramento$942K
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.