Steven Simon, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Aurora, CONPI 1346583259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kaneka Medical America LLC at 34.3% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $290, 4.1 times the $71 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $1,537.
Across 9 payments — averaging $67.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kaneka Medical America LLC$210
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$127
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$102
- Regeneron$80
- Heartflow, Inc.$44
- Amgen$27
- plus $20 from 1 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $9855.24 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.
- Cleerly, Inc.$119K
- Amgen$48K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$611100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $210 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $80 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 276 cardiovascular disease providers in Colorado.
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 | 94 | $127,283 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 96 | $122,553 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 25 | $32,243 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 26 | $30,520 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $28,174 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $24,280 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 16 | $17,543 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 25 | $14,918 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 12 | $7,722 |
| Ezetimibe | 161 | $5,182 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 207 | $2,962 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 192 | $2,888 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 235 | $2,505 |
| Losartan Potassium | 105 | $1,072 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 131 | $664 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Aurora
- Payal KohliAurora$1.7M
- Marc BonacaAurora$703K
- William SauerAurora$365K
- Rhonda MiyasakaAurora$128K
- Gregory SchwartzAurora$122K
- Edward GillAurora$96K
- Joseph AdewumiAurora$61K
- Charles FuenzalidaAurora$30K
- Christina HealyAurora$25K
- Sundeep ViswanathanAurora$21K
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.