Angela Lorts
Pediatric Cardiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1861407348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $133,066 of the $169,561 with a category attached, or 78.5%. Abbott accounts for 88.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $37,593 and has fallen 53.0% since, to $17,682 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 216 payments — averaging $785.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$149K
- Abiomed$16K
- Medtronic$4K
- Bayer$107
- Cvrx, Inc.$32
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$16
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$133,06678%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,06310%
- Travel & lodging$14,4169%
- Food & beverage$5,0163%
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 | 184 | $149,486 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $16,403 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $3,516 |
| Bayer | 1 | $107 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$56,644
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$36,057
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$33,350
- Impella$15,861
- CardioMEMS HF System$13,266
- CARDIOMEMS$4,063
- HeartMate$3,738
- HeartWare HVAD$1,500
- CentriMag$150
- Kerendia$107
How this compares
$169,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 126 pediatric cardiology providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Warfarin Sodium | 14 | $109 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric cardiology in Cincinnati
- Shabana ShahanavazCincinnati$579K
- Michael TaylorCincinnati$109K
- Chet VillaCincinnati$31K
- Russel HirschCincinnati$22K
- Elaine UrbinaCincinnati$16K
- Sarosh BatlivalaCincinnati$9K
- Clifford ChinCincinnati$7K
- Garick HillCincinnati$6K
- Nicolas MadsenCincinnati$6K
- Shankar BaskarCincinnati$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.