Elliott Goodwin
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1801327838
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.6%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,875, more than ten times the $769 reported in 2020.
Across 306 payments — averaging $83.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$887
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,5006%
- Travel & lodging$11,96047%
- Food & beverage$11,46445%
- Education$7263%
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 | 125 | $12,539 |
| Boston Scientific | 39 | $3,762 |
| Abbott | 33 | $3,247 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $1,264 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 21 | $1,109 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $887 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 23 | $730 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $665 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $253 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $206 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $136 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 6 | $126 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $111 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $105 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,141
- Carto 3$1,048
- (9124) LM Undivided$1,005
- CARDIOMEMS$733
- ENSITE PRECISION$705
- ENSITE$698
- Plexa ProMRI$583
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$583
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$481
- WATCHMAN FLX$427
- WATCHMAN Access System$419
- QDOT MICRO$280
- Micra$152
- Impella$145
- AMPLATZER AMULET$141
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$134
- Epsila EV$128
- XARELTO$125
- FARXIGA$122
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$109
How this compares
$25,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
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- Thomas WannenburgKnoxville$8K
- William LindsayKnoxville$4K
- Hitesh MehtaKnoxville$4K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.