Attila Roka, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Meridian, MSNPI 1396927448
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,022 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $605 in 2025.
Across 227 payments — averaging $68.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$748
- Pfizer$332
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $800.00 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.
- Medtronic$800
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,05552%
- Food & beverage$7,58248%
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(2 entities) | 77 | $6,801 |
| Abbott | 25 | $3,137 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $2,096 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,336 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 16 | $748 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $332 |
| Novartis | 21 | $299 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $134 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $102 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $56 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Amgen | 3 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Arctic Front$2,139
- AVEIR$1,903
- Carto 3 System$1,336
- Rhythmia Mapping System$805
- DiamondTemp$362
- EMBLEM$347
- Watchman$247
- LINQ II$240
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$175
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$171
- Carto 3$147
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$146
- remede System$130
- QDOT MICRO$128
- Azure$123
- Assurity Pacemaker$102
- Micra$100
How this compares
Too few clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 247 | $236,700 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 59 | $57,175 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 236 | $2,955 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 99 | $2,127 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 63 | $1,836 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 11 | $1,253 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 44 | $970 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 17 | $565 |
| Mupirocin | 69 | $467 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 17 | $444 |
| Carvedilol | 41 | $384 |
| Digoxin | 16 | $226 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 29 | $183 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 11 | $146 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $332 | $236,700247 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $102 | $57,17559 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. There are too few clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Mississippion file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Meridian
- Karthik Venkatesh PrasadTupelo$86K
- James StoneTupelo$61K
- Elsheikh AbdelrahimTupelo$35K
- James Hamilton IvJackson$34K
- Jimmy LottJackson$16K
- Santo BorganelliHattiesburg$16K
- Diego Alcivar FrancoHattiesburg$14K
- Sandra McCearleyJackson$10K
- Douglas WolfeJackson$9K
- Joseph OwenJackson$8K
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.