Douglas Ebersole, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Lakeland, FLNPI 1972575736
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 52.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $94,494 and has fallen 60.4% since, to $37,387 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in FL 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 336 payments — averaging $1111.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$197K
- Boston Scientific$165K
- Baylis Medical Company Inc$9K
- Penumbra, Inc.$957
- Abbott$327
- Medtronic$167
- plus $534 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$154,98142%
- Speaking & faculty fees$187,10050%
- Travel & lodging$25,5407%
- Food & beverage$5,6482%
- Education$1490%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 128 | $196,782 |
| Boston Scientific | 165 | $165,367 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 6 | $9,286 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $957 |
| Abbott | 5 | $327 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $167 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $148 |
| Amgen | 4 | $68 |
| Novartis | 3 | $44 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $35 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$195,130
- Watchman$82,391
- VersaCross Access Solution$35,742
- WATCHMAN Access System$32,533
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$9,477
- NRG needle$6,149
- NRG RF Transseptal Kit$5,000
- Indigo$897
- VersaCross Connect LAAC Access Solution$226
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$207
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$157
- AVVIGO Guidance System$129
- Mitra Clip system$115
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$112
- WATCHMAN FLX$104
How this compares
$373,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 623 interventional cardiology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 39 | $473 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Lakeland
- Sami BaddouraLakeland$148K
- Avinash KhannaLakeland$64K
- Arthur LeeGainesville$1.8M
- Santhosh MathewsBradenton$1.4M
- Siddharth WayangankarJacksonville$1.2M
- Patrick CambierTrinity$901K
- Zahid AminOrlando$635K
- Rohit AminPensacola$560K
- Eduardo de MarchenaMiami$498K
- Dominick AngiolilloJacksonville$387K
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.