Heidi Reich, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Los Angeles, CANPI 1730440686
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 311 payments — averaging $165.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$21K
- Edwards Lifesciences$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$8K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,02521%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,65030%
- Travel & lodging$5,92512%
- Food & beverage$18,67736%
- Education$890%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 85 | $20,826 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 55 | $14,808 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 75 | $8,000 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $1,816 |
| Abbott | 29 | $1,476 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $1,391 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $484 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $338 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $299 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $280 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $272 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $202 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $148 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $128 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $123 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $116 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $110 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $97 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Stryker | 2 | $36 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 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.
- Impella$17,760
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$2,916
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,940
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$841
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$824
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$711
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$641
- Epic$564
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$479
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$474
- CoreValve Evolut$435
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$357
- Avalus$288
- GIAPREZA$286
- COR KNOT$272
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$256
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$180
- Penditure$170
- Carpentier-Edwards Physio II Annuloplasty Ring$161
- Grafts$154
How this compares
$51,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $3,995 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 33 | $1,200 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 67 | $662 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 61 | $518 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $495 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 18 | $454 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 27 | $207 |
| Furosemide | 44 | $152 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $151 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $104 |
| Losartan Potassium | 30 | $99 |
| Lisinopril | 18 | $69 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $45 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Los Angeles
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
- Vaughn StarnesLos Angeles$771K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$737K
- Abbas ArdehaliLos Angeles$630K
- Richard SheminLos Angeles$392K
- Fardad EsmailianLos Angeles$356K
- Alfredo TrentoLos Angeles$335K
- Raymond LeeLos Angeles$291K
- Anthony KimLos Angeles$215K
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.