Brian Schirf, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · South Bend, INNPI 1184840290
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.7%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,549 and has fallen 51.3% since, to $1,242 in 2025.
Across 145 payments — averaging $68.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Abbott$985
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$579
- Imperative Care, Inc$528
- Philips North America LLC$387
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$253
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $875.00 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$4K
- Blackswan Vascular, Inc.$0
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,65717%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,70027%
- Travel & lodging$1211%
- Food & beverage$5,40755%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $5,194 |
| Abbott | 20 | $985 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 23 | $579 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 13 | $528 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $387 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $253 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $245 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $239 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $231 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $206 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $120 |
| Amgen | 1 | $98 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $51 |
| Stryker | 2 | $41 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 2 | $34 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $10 |
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.
- MVP$1,800
- Concerto$1,051
- CONCERTOTM$310
- IMPEDE$253
- SUPERA$148
- SYMPHONY CATHETER$137
- Allura Xper FD 20$132
- Armada$125
- XARELTO$125
- Monarch Platform$120
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$112
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$112
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$111
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$102
How this compares
$9,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 74 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Indiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 65 | $864 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in South Bend
- Michael GinsburgSouth Bend$33K
- Howard WiardaSouth Bend$11K
- Michael HallSouth Bend$7K
- Paul TimpermanWest Lafayette$1.3M
- Daniel SahleinCarmel$845K
- Sabah ButtyMishawaka$275K
- Jeffrey RamkaransinghIndianapolis$274K
- Brandon MartinezFishers$226K
- Nazar GolewaleMerrillville$224K
- Kannan NatarajanIndianapolis$188K
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.