Ishu Rao
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Ventura, CANPI 1992752166
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik Inc. at 48.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,419 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $26 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $26,911.
Across 171 payments — averaging $181.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$15K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$496
- plus $720 from 10 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $2117.33 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$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,13233%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,62534%
- Travel & lodging$4,48914%
- Food & beverage$5,55918%
- Education$2081%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 36 | $14,951 |
| Boston Scientific | 54 | $4,635 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 22 | $3,762 |
| Medtronic | 29 | $3,649 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $2,800 |
| Abbott | 8 | $496 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 6 | $334 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $211 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $41 |
| Novartis | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Carto 3 System$6,132
- Carto Smarttouch$3,332
- Carto CFAE$3,332
- CartoSound$3,332
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,625
- Watchman$738
- OPTIMIZER$504
- FIRMap Catheters$226
- RhythmVIEW Work Stations$115
How this compares
$31,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Ventura
- Jonathan DukesVentura$775K
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
- Brett GidneySanta Barbara$756K
- John Rogersla Jolla$738K
- Rajesh BankerNewport Beach$538K
- Rahul DoshiLos Angeles$469K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.