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Ian Sarembock

Interventional Cardiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1922198613

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $88,233 of the $98,090 with a category attached, or 90.0%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $28,021 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $10,575 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in OH 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.

$98,090in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 124 payments — averaging $791.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$48K
  • Medtronic$44K
  • Abbott$3K
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$27
  • plus $41 from 3 others
$167,868in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 50 payments — averaging $3357.37 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Abbott$95K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$72K
  • Boston Scientific$1K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$88,23390%
  • Grants$4951%
  • Travel & lodging$5,9206%
  • Food & beverage$3,4414%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boston Scientific39$48,015
Medtronic(2 entities)51$44,092
Abbott21$2,857
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.2$1,750
Edwards Lifesciences6$1,308
Johnson & Johnson2$27
Amgen1$16
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$15
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.1$10

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.

How this compares

$98,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.

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