Joseph Sebastian
Cardiovascular Disease · Charlotte, NCNPI 1669037495
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 52 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $933, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,959.
Across 52 payments — averaging $39.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$438
- Boston Scientific$340
- Novo Nordisk$155
- Regeneron$146
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$131
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$131
- plus $708 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,049100%
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 | 13 | $438 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $340 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $155 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $146 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $131 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Truvic Medical, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 4 | $76 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $76 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $41 |
| Bayer | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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.
- WATCHMAN FLX$155
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$151
- DUPIXENT$146
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$140
- Assure WCD$110
How this compares
$2,049 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.