Alan Maisel
Cardiovascular Disease · San Diego, CANPI 1851485767
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $37,431 of the $59,553 with a category attached, or 62.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $27,505 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $150 in 2024. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA 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 58 payments — averaging $1026.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$36K
- Quidel Corporation$9K
- Merck$7K
- Amgen$3K
- Novartis$2K
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.$1K
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $20,028 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.
- Abbott$142K
- Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.$53K
- Novartis$46K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,43163%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,78030%
- Travel & lodging$2,1134%
- Food & beverage$2,1894%
- Education$400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 19 | $35,625 |
| Quidel Corporation | 5 | $9,032 |
| Merck | 9 | $6,970 |
| Amgen | 1 | $2,975 |
| Novartis | 5 | $2,181 |
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 3 | $1,389 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $684 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $264 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $81 |
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.
- Architect i2000SR Analyser System$18,670
- CardioMEMS HF System$15,080
- ENTRESTO$2,081
- CARDIOMEMS$1,856
- DXI 800$1,000
- Veltassa$467
- (5044) MCOT$150
- GENERAL TACHY$100
- LifeVest$100
- Assure WCD$100
How this compares
$59,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in San Diego
- Lori DanielsSan Diego$278K
- Michael WilkinsonSan Diego$145K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.