Eric Shulman, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Downers Grove, ILNPI 1598008559
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 315 payments — averaging $56.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1341%
- Travel & lodging$5,52831%
- Food & beverage$12,14068%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 84 | $7,076 |
| Medtronic | 29 | $2,033 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,933 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $1,796 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 19 | $1,436 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 36 | $1,328 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 47 | $669 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $320 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $280 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $152 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $135 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $95 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $63 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
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.
- AVEIR$3,581
- Carto 3$2,125
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$583
- BioMonitor$488
- ENSITE$401
- Micra$383
- JOT DX$282
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$276
- Solia$245
- Rivacor$245
- Edora$245
- Acticor$245
- Selectra$229
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$178
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$155
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$153
- PASCAL$152
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$150
- MitraClip$141
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$135
How this compares
$17,801 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
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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 | 940 | $810,857 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 121 | $130,069 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 151 | $128,412 |
| Dofetilide | 52 | $12,491 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 42 | $9,969 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 62 | $5,741 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 365 | $4,051 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 317 | $3,413 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 101 | $2,564 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 63 | $2,424 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 251 | $1,173 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 57 | $733 |
| Sucralfate | 35 | $695 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 23 | $640 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 11 | $406 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $280 | $810,857940 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $135 | $130,069121 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $669 | $128,412151 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 30th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Downers Grove
- Justin MaoDowners Grove$82K
- Matthew NoraDowners Grove$50K
- Roderick TungChicago$2.3M
- Bradley KnightChicago$1.6M
- Mark MetzlEvanston$1.5M
- Moeen SaleemNaperville$1.2M
- Ziad IssaSpringfield$1.2M
- Henry HuangGeneva$955K
- Mansour RazminiaPalos Heights$930K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$785K
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.