Joel Simon, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lexington, KYNPI 1861751950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 30.0% of the total.
Across 374 payments — averaging $60.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Abbott$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$798
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$776
- plus $4K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5002%
- Grants$9014%
- Travel & lodging$7,58433%
- Food & beverage$12,66956%
- Education$9604%
- Entertainment$590%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 99 | $6,794 |
| Abbott | 46 | $5,214 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 42 | $4,440 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 19 | $1,133 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $798 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 11 | $776 |
| Pfizer | 44 | $508 |
| AOP Health US, LLC | 1 | $507 |
| Vektor Medical Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $298 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $183 |
| Amgen | 8 | $140 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 5 | $129 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $123 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $106 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $105 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $102 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $92 |
| Merck | 4 | $83 |
| Novartis | 5 | $77 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $42 |
| Bayer | 2 | $38 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AVEIR$3,517
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,422
- Rapiblyk$1,015
- GENERAL TACHY$901
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$621
- vMap$500
- OPTIMIZER$485
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$402
- WATCHMAN Access System$397
- Micra$314
- ENSITE PRECISION$289
- Edora 8 DR-T$228
- BioMonitor$228
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$195
- RF Conductr$192
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$176
- Carto 3$170
- NA$170
- Adapta$155
- WATCHMAN FLX$150
How this compares
$22,674 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
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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 | 626 | $623,660 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 156 | $171,649 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 51 | $40,100 |
| Dofetilide | 132 | $22,441 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 346 | $11,507 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 172 | $3,357 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 163 | $1,971 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 13 | $1,588 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 15 | $1,476 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 28 | $1,066 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 57 | $1,052 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 78 | $963 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 176 | $886 |
| Valsartan | 21 | $554 |
| Sotalol AfSotalol Hcl | 32 | $552 |
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 | $508 | $623,660626 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $77 | $40,10051 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 55th percentile of 57 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kentucky.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Lexington
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- Gery TomassoniLexington$196K
- John LeeLexington$139K
- Joseph SouzaLexington$110K
- David CharlesLexington$32K
- Samuel OmotoyeLexington$32K
- Yousef DarratLexington$29K
- Karam AyoubLexington$15K
- Ahmed NagyLexington$11K
- Kristin EllisonLexington$8K
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.