Brian Ballard
Internal Medicine · Mount Clemens, MINPI 1952892796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,238 of the $15,499 with a category attached, or 66.1%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 48.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,624, more than ten times the $40 reported in 2020. Among internal medicine clinicians in MI 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 262 payments — averaging $59.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$693
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$688
- Inari Medical, Inc.$673
- Boston Scientific$550
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,05013%
- Travel & lodging$2,96019%
- Food & beverage$10,23866%
- Education$2512%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 46 | $7,461 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 52 | $1,966 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 29 | $693 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 14 | $688 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $673 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $550 |
| Stryker | 9 | $425 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $307 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $289 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $286 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $244 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $162 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $156 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Amgen | 4 | $122 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 4 | $101 |
| Novartis | 5 | $83 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $56 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $30 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 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.
- PROSTAR$1,677
- OPTIS$1,658
- Assure WCD$642
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$631
- AVEIR$466
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$421
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$396
- WATCHMAN Access System$277
- ESPRIT$169
- FlowTriever$168
- Diamondback Peripheral$160
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$155
- Indigo System$142
- AlphaVac$141
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$140
- PRESSUREWIRE$136
- Ranger$131
- XIENCE SKYPOINT$128
- (6571) Eagle Eye$127
- Cardiva VASCADE 6/7F VCS$118
How this compares
$15,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,567 internal medicine providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 25 | $447 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $217 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $167 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $130 |
| Carvedilol | 17 | $93 |
| Furosemide | 18 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Mount Clemens
- Terry SmithAnn Arbor$2.3M
- Michael ValituttoKalamazoo$1.8M
- Ulka VaishampayanAnn Arbor$996K
- Tina AbrahamPontiac$834K
- Steven KatzmanLivonia$715K
- Adam FormanSouthfield$453K
- Saroj NeupaneDetroit$373K
- James BazziDearborn Heights$368K
- Mohamad HatahetWaterford$352K
- A FendrickAnn Arbor$347K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.