RxDoctor Payments Data

David Bach

Cardiovascular Disease · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1801972914

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $354,547 of the $390,209 with a category attached, or 90.9%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 94.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $133,049 and has fallen 82.9% since, to $22,706 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$390,209in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 59 payments — averaging $6613.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$370K
  • Medtronic$20K
  • Bayer$37
$65,239in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 20 payments — averaging $3261.94 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.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$65K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$354,54791%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$35,6259%
  • Food & beverage$370%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences40$370,133
Medtronic(2 entities)18$20,039
Bayer1$37

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.

How this compares

$390,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.

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