Anne Kroman, PhD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Charleston, SCNPI 1255683173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (30.0%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $81,561, more than ten times the $1,059 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC 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 1,153 payments — averaging $242.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$169K
- Biotronik Inc.$75K
- Philips North America LLC$19K
- Medtronic$6K
- Cvrx, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- plus $4K from 11 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $1416.96 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.
- Biotronik Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$74,63527%
- Speaking & faculty fees$74,10127%
- Travel & lodging$83,67930%
- Food & beverage$46,26517%
- Education$3980%
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 | 589 | $169,357 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 257 | $75,213 |
| Philips North America LLC | 50 | $18,529 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 87 | $6,417 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 22 | $3,920 |
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $1,601 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 35 | $1,063 |
| EBR Systems, Inc. | 2 | $949 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 45 | $910 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 22 | $576 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
- AVEIR$101,670
- ENSITE PRECISION$19,738
- BioMonitor$18,733
- Solia$18,206
- ENSITE$14,841
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$14,572
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$13,615
- Edora 8 DR-T$13,615
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$13,549
- Edora$7,990
- Acticor$7,990
- Rivacor$7,653
- MERLIN@HOME$6,837
- GALLANT$6,644
- Barostim Neo System$3,500
- Sentus$3,147
- Plexa$3,147
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$2,460
- (9124) LM Undivided$2,454
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$2,259
How this compares
$279,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 215 | $197,965 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 74 | $97,477 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $27,468 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 80 | $2,943 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 36 | $1,890 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 124 | $1,534 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 78 | $623 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 17 | $600 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 24 | $369 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $221 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $218 |
| Carvedilol | 17 | $134 |
| Spironolactone | 19 | $96 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $79 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 12 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Charleston
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
- Michael GoldCharleston$204K
- Rachel KaplanCharleston$93K
- Joshua PayneCharleston$81K
- Swati RaoCharleston$61K
- John WhartonCharleston$44K
- Nicole CainCharleston$6K
- Lanier JacksonCharleston$4K
- Rory DowdCharleston$98
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.