Carl Musser, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Roanoke, VANPI 1285613786
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,210 of the $5,012 with a category attached, or 84.0%. Abbott accounts for 71.4% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,433 and has fallen 59.6% since, to $983 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $19,771.
Across 31 payments — averaging $161.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$179
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$39
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$7
Across 2 payments — averaging $4570.28 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,21084%
- Food & beverage$80216%
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 | 16 | $3,581 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $1,206 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $7 |
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.
- AVEIR$3,167
- ZIO XT Patch$179
- Quadra Allure MP RF CRT Pacemkr$165
How this compares
$5,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 90 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Virginia.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 356 | $323,127 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 36 | $38,671 |
| Dofetilide | 52 | $5,074 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 78 | $2,762 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 28 | $1,765 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 112 | $1,440 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 82 | $865 |
| Bumetanide | 40 | $697 |
| Losartan Potassium | 44 | $453 |
| Potassium Chloride | 25 | $419 |
| Spironolactone | 35 | $396 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 68 | $270 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 23 | $248 |
| Furosemide | 52 | $241 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 23 | $219 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Roanoke
- Terrance MayRoanoke$10K
- Kenneth EllenbogenRichmond$360K
- Brett AtwaterFairfax$319K
- Oliver MonfrediCharlottesville$231K
- Peem LorvidhayaFredericksburg$230K
- Erich KiehlNewport News$181K
- Emmanuel EkanemWinchester$132K
- Pamela MasonCharlottesville$130K
- Ajay PillaiRichmond$129K
- Stephen GaetaFairfax$85K
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.