Adam Saltzman, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Fall River, MANPI 1346452737
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 62.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,819 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $4,525 in 2025. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 138 payments — averaging $494.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$43K
- Boston Scientific$20K
- Abbott$5K
- Medtronic$352
- Abiomed$103
- Medacta USA, Inc.$100
- plus $46 from 1 others
Across 72 payments — averaging $2508.32 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.
- Boston Scientific$136K
- Abbott$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,98854%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,50018%
- Travel & lodging$12,89819%
- Food & beverage$5,8859%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 87 | $42,780 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $19,637 |
| Abbott | 23 | $5,253 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $352 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $103 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $46 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$31,246
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$9,546
- Watchman$9,109
- Mitra Clip system$3,532
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,400
- TRICLIP$889
- GENERAL - STENTS$217
- Xience Alpine cornary stent system$103
- MINIMAX$100
How this compares
$68,271 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 35 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Massachusetts.
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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.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Fall River
- Benjamin ZorachFall River$8K
- Pablo Quintero PinzonBoston$137K
- Sophia AirhartSpringfield$110K
- Daniel ZlotoffBoston$96K
- Christina Vander PluymBoston$55K
- Richard PattenBurlington$45K
- Monica AhluwaliaBoston$39K
- Stephanie MooreBoston$30K
- Mark TallmanBrighton$28K
- Sachin ShahBurlington$23K
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.