Esseim Sharma, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Boston, MANPI 1245610229
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.5%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.8% of the total.
Across 243 payments — averaging $121.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Abbott$9K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$809
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$496
- plus $763 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,74826%
- Travel & lodging$9,59232%
- Food & beverage$11,38139%
- Education$6892%
- Entertainment$1430%
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(2 entities) | 90 | $14,429 |
| Abbott | 55 | $9,194 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 30 | $2,492 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 20 | $1,369 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $809 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $496 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $363 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 3 | $143 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $72 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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$2,673
- Micra$2,494
- Carto 3$1,974
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,614
- SelectSecure$382
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$168
- PulseSelect$167
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$164
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$164
- Edora 8 DR-T$164
- BioMonitor$164
- Solia$164
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$153
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$151
- TYRX$142
- Farapulse$138
- ENSITE$133
- GALLANT$130
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$129
- JOT DX$119
How this compares
$29,552 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 106 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Massachusetts.
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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 | 101 | $63,733 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 13 | $10,811 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 90 | $2,775 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 45 | $892 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 45 | $635 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 18 | $245 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 21 | $72 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $6 |
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 | $16 | $63,733101 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $20 | $10,81113 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 65th percentile of 106 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Massachusetts.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Boston
- Elad AnterBoston$3.9M
- Jagmeet SinghBoston$619K
- Andre DavilaBoston$379K
- Daniel KramerBoston$247K
- Gregory MichaudBoston$244K
- Laurence EpsteinBoston$172K
- Leon PtaszekBoston$168K
- Moussa MansourBoston$145K
- Andrew LockeBoston$145K
- Peter ZimetbaumBoston$144K
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.