Jeffrey Ho, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tacoma, WANPI 1265761951
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 64.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,753 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $969 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $7,912.
Across 52 payments — averaging $161.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$964
- Medtronic$534
- Abbott$130
- Amgen$42
- plus $174 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,69544%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,70020%
- Travel & lodging$6197%
- Food & beverage$2,39228%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $5,395 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,168 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 17 | $964 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $534 |
| Abbott | 2 | $130 |
| Amgen | 2 | $42 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- ACUSON Sequoia Diagnostic Ultrasound System$1,700
- SC2000$1,160
- Watchman$761
- Carto 3$447
- Micra$237
- Farapulse$163
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$150
How this compares
$8,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 68 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Washington.
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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 | 359 | $314,221 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 77 | $69,542 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 331 | $4,643 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 94 | $3,517 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 87 | $1,118 |
| Colchicine | 72 | $1,010 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 102 | $945 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 96 | $828 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr)Diltiazem Hcl | 37 | $780 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 27 | $739 |
| Atenolol | 11 | $479 |
| Sucralfate | 76 | $466 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 12 | $395 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 71 | $323 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 19 | $225 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14 | $69,54277 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 50th percentile of 68 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Washington.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Tacoma
- Tariq SalamTacoma$56K
- Nasir ShariffTacoma$12K
- Michael EskanderTacoma$10K
- Michael BelzTacoma$3K
- Nathan SegersonTacoma$3K
- Michael RomeTacoma$1K
- Gust BardySeattle$130.7M
- Babak NazerSeattle$124K
- Maheer GandhavadiBellevue$118K
- Toshimasa OkabeSeattle$114K
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.