Douglas Packer
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Murray, UTNPI 1194703942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 33.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $51,928 and has fallen 79.6% since, to $10,586 in 2025.
Across 139 payments — averaging $1218.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$56K
- Medtronic$34K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$33K
- Abbott$16K
- Volta Medical Inc$13K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- plus $8K from 3 others
Across 64 payments — averaging $3891.32 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.
- Medtronic$96K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$76K
- Boston Scientific$41K
- Abbott$36K
- Cardiofocus, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$79,13647%
- Speaking & faculty fees$59,06035%
- Travel & lodging$27,94217%
- Food & beverage$3,1952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 40 | $56,453 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 53 | $33,637 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 9 | $32,570 |
| Abbott | 24 | $15,687 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $13,314 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $10,098 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $6,731 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $777 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $66 |
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.
- OPTIMIZER$64,799
- Carto 3$58,016
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$14,608
- VX1$13,314
- Carto 3 System$6,710
- Arctic Front$3,625
- Thermocool SF$1,217
- MULTAQ$615
- Navistar$314
- CardioMEMS HF System$250
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$164
- ENSITE PRECISION$150
- Cardiovascular- Research only$144
How this compares
$169,333 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 29 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Utah.
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- John DaySalt Lake City$313K
- Chun HwangProvo$289K
- Roger FreedmanSalt Lake City$177K
- Sandeep TalwarFarmington$82K
- Nischala NannapaneniSalt Lake City$57K
- Weston HarknessSt George$49K
- Helge LehmannSalt Lake City$49K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.