Emily Merchant
Adult Health · Maplewood, MNNPI 1013535350
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,071 and has fallen 68.2% since, to $658 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 51 payments — averaging $84.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$149
- Edwards Lifesciences$128
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$113
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,96345%
- Food & beverage$2,27353%
- Education$862%
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 | 34 | $2,258 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $1,673 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $149 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $128 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $113 |
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.
- Rhythmia Mapping System$168
- LINQ II$161
How this compares
$4,321 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 adult health providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 440 | $554,767 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 142 | $162,788 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 286 | $6,357 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 285 | $5,186 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 73 | $3,487 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 121 | $1,515 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr)Diltiazem Hcl | 17 | $688 |
| Tiadylt ErDiltiazem Hcl | 11 | $640 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 75 | $514 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 14 | $467 |
| Losartan Potassium | 44 | $463 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 60 | $453 |
| Lisinopril | 41 | $409 |
| Carvedilol | 23 | $362 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 12 | $317 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult health in Maplewood
- Sarah JaxSt Louis Park$86K
- Marcus BurnsMinneapolis$51K
- William SharpMinneapolis$37K
- Brian GoodroadMinneapolis$29K
- Alicia WojchikChaska$14K
- Kelli DalyEdina$11K
- Bridget FlynnMinneapolis$7K
- Devon EllenaApple Valley$7K
- Maureen VantineMinneapolis$6K
- Margaret LongleySaint Paul$5K
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.