Chikezie Alvarez
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Norwich, CTNPI 1346786928
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.4%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.3% of the total.
Across 144 payments — averaging $145.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$621
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,9749%
- Travel & lodging$11,64555%
- Food & beverage$6,33830%
- Education$1,0505%
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 | 62 | $10,141 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $4,673 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 9 | $1,637 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,596 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $1,229 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $621 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $477 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $282 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $256 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $42 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Micra$2,152
- VersaCross Access Solution$1,671
- AVEIR$1,126
- Carto 3$980
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$518
- (9124) LM Undivided$444
- BRILINTA$231
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$156
- AMVIA EDGE$148
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$127
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$118
How this compares
$21,007 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 47 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Connecticut.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Norwich
- Paras BhattNorwich$139K
- Paige BrennanNorwich$412
- Joseph Dell OrfanoHartford$160K
- Steven ZweibelHartford$125K
- Murali ChiravuriFairfield$101K
- James FreemanNew Haven$87K
- Jude ClancyMiddletown$84K
- Joseph TianoTrumbull$70K
- Michael PittaroStamford$70K
- Neal LippmanHartford$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.