Ashley Sears
Acute Care · Mt Juliet, TNNPI 1255969846
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 87.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,028, more than ten times the $125 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in TN 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 100 payments — averaging $238.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$243
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$111
- AstraZeneca$109
- Johnson & Johnson$30
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,28756%
- Travel & lodging$6,75528%
- Food & beverage$3,85016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 84 | $20,896 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $2,503 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $243 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $109 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
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.
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$1,223
- Watchman$1,211
- LINQ II$1,120
- Micra$287
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$159
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$122
- Carto 3$111
- FARXIGA$109
How this compares
$23,892 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 738 acute care providers in Tennessee.
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 | 37 | $44,528 |
| Dofetilide | 24 | $3,047 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 49 | $970 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 45 | $859 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 34 | $579 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $136 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $131 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Mt Juliet
- Haley HoyNashville$368K
- Anne AlexandrovMemphis$110K
- Stephen MillerKnoxville$108K
- Shannon GraceNashville$57K
- Timothy BallardKnoxville$47K
- Kelsey MartinNashville$42K
- Barbara BrownNashville$36K
- Michelle GoochChattanooga$35K
- Elizabeth DavidsonNashville$33K
- Kelly JacksonMurfreesboro$27K
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.