Claudia Lucas
Acute Care · Phoenix, AZNPI 1790203867
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 41.4% of the total. Among acute care clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 101 payments — averaging $45.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$652
- Boston Scientific$567
- Abiomed$319
- AstraZeneca$185
- Novartis$148
- plus $804 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,549100%
- Education$140%
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 | 46 | $1,888 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $652 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $567 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $319 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $185 |
| Novartis | 7 | $148 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $142 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $120 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $112 |
| Abbott | 2 | $99 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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$434
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$326
- WATCHMAN FLX$287
- OPTIMIZER$255
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$240
- ANDEXXA$125
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$121
- XARELTO$120
- Veltassa$107
- AVVIGO Guidance System$104
- Impella$103
How this compares
$4,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 482 acute care providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 56 | $55,931 |
| EliquisApixaban | 44 | $54,895 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 24 | $29,153 |
| Digoxin | 14 | $1,582 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 46 | $631 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 13 | $333 |
| Carvedilol | 55 | $298 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 29 | $292 |
| Lisinopril | 16 | $149 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 20 | $84 |
| Losartan Potassium | 23 | $84 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $62 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $120 | $55,93156 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $148 | $29,15324 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 90th percentile of 482 acute care providers in Arizona.
Other acute care in Phoenix
- Kim KrmpoticPhoenix$79K
- Laura Cook-GongoraPhoenix$32K
- Cathy PaynePhoenix$26K
- Chandra SorrellePhoenix$16K
- Nicole RauscherPhoenix$12K
- Brooke GambinoPhoenix$11K
- Kelly WesselhoffPhoenix$9K
- Jenna GonzalesPhoenix$8K
- Kristen HudsonPhoenix$8K
- Tammy TyreePhoenix$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.