William Nester, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Omaha, NENPI 1417360967
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,531 of the $5,441 with a category attached, or 83.3%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,082, more than ten times the $175 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $6,648.
Across 161 payments — averaging $33.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$956
- Abiomed$415
- Abbott$401
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$351
- Pfizer$281
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77014%
- Food & beverage$4,53183%
- Education$1403%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $1,850 |
| Boston Scientific | 34 | $956 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $415 |
| Abbott | 12 | $401 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 9 | $351 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $281 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $257 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $173 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $76 |
| Novartis | 4 | $69 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $38 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
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
$5,441 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 50 interventional cardiology providers in Nebraska.
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 | 382 | $348,091 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 138 | $122,273 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 67 | $58,241 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 53 | $46,961 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 50 | $23,609 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 24 | $20,857 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $11,593 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 646 | $7,988 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 405 | $3,934 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 32 | $2,233 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 206 | $2,157 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 259 | $2,118 |
| Ezetimibe | 67 | $1,758 |
| Losartan Potassium | 212 | $1,545 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 30 | $1,301 |
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 | $281 | $348,091382 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $69 | $122,273138 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $13 | $46,96153 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $16 | $35,20165 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 45th percentile of 50 interventional cardiology providers in Nebraska.
Other interventional cardiology in Omaha
- Himanshu AgarwalOmaha$541K
- Poonam VelagapudiOmaha$142K
- Andrew GoldsweigOmaha$49K
- Jai ParekhOmaha$44K
- Scott CarolloOmaha$19K
- Shahbaz MalikOmaha$17K
- Toufik HaddadOmaha$14K
- Charles OlsonOmaha$12K
- Haysam AkkadOmaha$11K
- Ajaypaul SukhiOmaha$9K
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.