Brian Jaffe, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Traverse City, MINPI 1063407799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik Inc. at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,136 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $52 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $77.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$345
- Boston Scientific$102
- AstraZeneca$91
- plus $305 from 10 others
Across 104 payments — averaging $1716.78 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$67K
- Abbott$62K
- Boston Scientific$35K
- Biotronik Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$6K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00035%
- Travel & lodging$73113%
- Food & beverage$3,03753%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 6 | $2,103 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $1,557 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,267 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 9 | $345 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $102 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $91 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $60 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AMPLATZER Occluders$959
- Micra$318
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$142
How this compares
$5,768 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
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 | 104 | $95,412 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $34,920 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 22 | $845 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 28 | $692 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 28 | $624 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 30 | $406 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 16 | $195 |
| Spironolactone | 13 | $170 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 17 | $109 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $51 |
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 | $12 | $95,412104 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $60 | $34,92031 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. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
Other cardiovascular disease in Traverse City
- Roberto CorpusTraverse City$48K
- Marschall RungeAnn Arbor$1.8M
- Jihad MustaphaGrand Rapids$1.6M
- Vallerie McLaughlinAnn Arbor$947K
- Pedro Villablanca SpinettoDetroit$620K
- Stanley ChetcutiAnn Arbor$573K
- David HainesRoyal Oak$492K
- Steven AlmanyTroy$471K
- David StroblLansing$445K
- Herman KadoSouthfield$442K
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.