Adam Berman, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Augusta, GANPI 1588613194
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,184 of the $16,324 with a category attached, or 62.4%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,531 and has fallen 63.0% since, to $2,045 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $21,716.
Across 643 payments — averaging $25.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Abbott$931
- Medtronic$582
- Abiomed$235
- Merck$222
- plus $2K from 26 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $6791.67 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$15K
- Stereotaxis Inc$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1247%
- Travel & lodging$4,86630%
- Food & beverage$10,18462%
- Education$1221%
- Entertainment$270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 196 | $7,111 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 298 | $5,509 |
| Abbott | 34 | $931 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $582 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $235 |
| Merck | 11 | $222 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $209 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $173 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $156 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $89 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Amgen | 4 | $60 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $55 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $51 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $37 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $26 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Carto 3$640
- Rhythmia Mapping System$188
- AVEIR$187
- WATCHMAN Access System$150
- MAGNETOM Altea$139
- Lasso$129
- GENERAL - STENTS$125
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$122
- Confirm Rx$119
- Inspire$119
- ENSITE$113
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$109
- LUX-DX$106
How this compares
$16,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia →
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 | 236 | $162,176 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 44 | $25,509 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 122 | $1,172 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 40 | $152 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 23 | $95 |
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 | $173 | $162,176236 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $89 | $25,50944 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 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Augusta
- William WhiteAugusta$51K
- Joseph LightseyAugusta$45K
- Rajan GaneshAugusta$36K
- Haitham HreibeAugusta$34K
- Daniel SohinkiAugusta$14K
- David ClarkAugusta$13K
- David DelurgioAtlanta$695K
- Thomas DeeringAtlanta$237K
- David NewtonSavannah$225K
- Michael LloydAtlanta$221K
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.