Jordan Gales
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Strongsville, OHNPI 1285166702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.5%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,293 and has fallen 53.7% since, to $5,697 in 2025.
Across 583 payments — averaging $66.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Abbott$11K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Philips North America LLC$920
- Inari Medical, Inc.$801
- plus $7K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,0005%
- Travel & lodging$15,09539%
- Food & beverage$20,24753%
- Education$1,1983%
- Entertainment$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 111 | $11,647 |
| Abbott | 125 | $10,970 |
| Boston Scientific | 60 | $3,976 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 66 | $3,245 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $920 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 9 | $801 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $764 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $744 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 31 | $714 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 15 | $625 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $523 |
| Pfizer | 30 | $466 |
| Amgen | 14 | $465 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $379 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $257 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $215 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $192 |
| Novartis | 9 | $179 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $162 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 5 | $155 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $122 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $120 |
| Saranas, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $78 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $63 |
| Bayer | 1 | $27 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $19 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$3,430
- Carto 3$2,819
- ENSITE$1,489
- GALLANT$997
- Impella$682
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$635
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$635
- Farapulse$506
- Micra$480
- OPTIMIZER$443
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$385
- AVEIR$374
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$297
- (9124) LM Undivided$295
- VenaSeal$285
- Diamondback Coronary$278
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$253
- AMPLATZER AMULET$200
- JOT DX$178
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$150
How this compares
$38,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Minocycline Hcl | 12 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Strongsville
- Anish AminColumbus$1.1M
- Walid SalibaCleveland$511K
- Mohamed KanjBeachwood$442K
- John HummelColumbus$275K
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Alexandru CosteaCincinnati$188K
- Auroa BadinColumbus$188K
- Gaurang GandhiCincinnati$179K
- Ralph AugostiniColumbus$174K
- Dina SparanoMayfield Heights$147K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.