Hymie Faitelson, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tucson, AZNPI 1912962804
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,018 of the $11,596 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 59.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,272 and has fallen 93.0% since, to $508 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $29,180.
Across 192 payments — averaging $60.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abiomed$787
- Abbott$768
- Cvrx, Inc.$289
- Novartis$233
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,01861%
- Food & beverage$4,48739%
- Education$911%
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) | 13 | $6,912 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,124 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $787 |
| Abbott | 60 | $768 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 7 | $289 |
| Novartis | 15 | $233 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 10 | $208 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $150 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 7 | $120 |
| Amgen | 8 | $116 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $106 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 6 | $72 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $65 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $64 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $61 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $30 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Resolute$6,285
- Impella$787
- RHYTHMIA$708
- NA$192
- Arctic Front$158
- Barostim Neo System$149
- Tendril Pacing Lead$130
- DOPTELET$125
How this compares
$11,596 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
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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 | 287 | $338,820 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 84 | $106,574 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 47 | $57,798 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 30 | $35,563 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 14 | $18,425 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $15,454 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 14 | $13,960 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $12,034 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $10,310 |
| EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil | 13 | $9,478 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 181 | $7,083 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $6,697 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 47 | $4,080 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 160 | $4,070 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 290 | $3,560 |
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 | $61 | $338,820287 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $30 | $106,57484 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $233 | $57,79847 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $59 | $35,56330 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 25th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Tucson
- Aadhavi SridharanTucson$106K
- Mathew HutchinsonTucson$75K
- Jitender MunjalTucson$66K
- Darren PeressTucson$19K
- Mahesh Kumarr BalakrishnanTucson$18K
- Sergio ThalTucson$12K
- Akash MakkarPhoenix$318K
- Jonathan WeissPhoenix$290K
- Ashish SadhuScottsdale$264K
- Yoaav KrauthammerPhoenix$238K
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.