David Lim
Cardiovascular Disease · Charlottesville, VANPI 1780753319
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 32.1% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in VA 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.
Across 366 payments — averaging $721.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$85K
- Edwards Lifesciences$48K
- Philips North America LLC$28K
- Medtronic$28K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$22K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$22K
- plus $31K from 6 others
Across 540 payments — averaging $10,591 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$4.1M
- Abbott$968K
- Boston Scientific$355K
- Medtronic$261K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$11K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$6K
- plus $5K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$142,60154%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,75812%
- Grants$660%
- Travel & lodging$78,29330%
- Food & beverage$10,6304%
- Education$550%
- Entertainment$6750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 55 | $84,736 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 158 | $47,645 |
| Philips North America LLC | 27 | $28,200 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 63 | $28,192 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $22,400 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 17 | $21,595 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 9 | $18,426 |
| Abbott | 23 | $4,978 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $4,094 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $2,714 |
| Toray Industries, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
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.
- Product in Development$68,620
- Carto 3$40,598
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$27,630
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$14,472
- PASCAL$8,620
- INOUE BALLOON CATHETER$3,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,500
- Mitra Clip system$1,830
- Tricuspid Valve Repair System$1,800
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,774
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,169
- EVOQUE$1,048
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$940
- APOLLOTM$287
- AccuCinch$275
- CoreValve Evolut$145
- Xience Sierra Coronary Stent System$136
- LOTUS EDGE$123
- MitraClip$104
How this compares
$264,079 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 548 cardiovascular disease providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $9,089 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Charlottesville
- Michael AyersCharlottesville$305K
- Antonio AbbateCharlottesville$161K
- Jamieson BourqueCharlottesville$104K
- Christopher KramerCharlottesville$103K
- Todd VillinesCharlottesville$70K
- Jonathan LindnerCharlottesville$57K
- Aditya SharmaCharlottesville$41K
- Amit PatelCharlottesville$22K
- George VetrovecRichmond$2.3M
- Hamid TaheriManassas$501K
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.