Daniel Modaff, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Madison, WINPI 1295092104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.8%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,360 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $762 in 2025.
Across 77 payments — averaging $246.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Medtronic$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$185
- Atricure, Inc.$131
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,90026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00021%
- Travel & lodging$6,79036%
- Food & beverage$3,06316%
- Education$1951%
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 | 35 | $9,341 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $6,281 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,796 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $1,215 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 5 | $185 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
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.
- Accent Pacemaker$4,900
- Micra$4,259
- AVEIR$2,253
- Carto 3 System$1,720
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,100
- ASSURITY$168
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$131
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$131
- Soundstar$118
- Visia AF$101
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$101
How this compares
$18,948 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 78 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Wisconsin.
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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 | 106 | $99,461 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 64 | $48,944 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 69 | $4,714 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 188 | $2,893 |
| Dofetilide | 27 | $2,198 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 136 | $1,989 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 39 | $1,981 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 28 | $508 |
| Carvedilol | 44 | $416 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 45 | $341 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 11 | $310 |
| Digoxin | 12 | $188 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.