Elena Linetsky, PA
Surgical · Cleveland, OHNPI 1356682686
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 256 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,411 and has fallen 73.6% since, to $372 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in OH 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 256 payments — averaging $19.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Novartis$464
- Johnson & Johnson$459
- Amgen$378
- Atricure, Inc.$290
- Abbott$282
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,949100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 128 | $1,834 |
| Novartis | 31 | $464 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $459 |
| Amgen | 6 | $378 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $290 |
| Abbott | 2 | $282 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $221 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $130 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 7 | $109 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $38 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Repatha$246
- JETi Peripheral Catheter$142
- JETi All In One Non-Sterile Kit$140
- HawkOne$133
- STRATAFIX$126
- RYBELSUS$125
- XARELTO$115
How this compares
$4,949 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 294 surgical providers in Ohio.
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 | 151 | $1,444 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $276 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 23 | $254 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Cleveland
- Justin AlbrightCleveland$5K
- Jason BrownCleveland$5K
- David DzurickCleveland$4K
- Madeline MeyersCleveland$3K
- Angela NotteCleveland$3K
- Danielle MakowskiCleveland$2K
- Olivia CollinsCleveland$1K
- Andrew BakerColumbus$102K
- Michael KuehneToledo$35K
- Joseph EhrhardCincinnati$14K
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.