Joseph Sluhoski, MD
Anesthesiology · Oro Valley, AZNPI 1548654965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,801 of the $8,828 with a category attached, or 65.7%. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,578, 6.8 times the $380 reported in 2021. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 105 payments — averaging $84.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$970
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$411
- plus $2K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,00934%
- Food & beverage$5,80166%
- Education$180%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $1,703 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 27 | $1,374 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $1,373 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,305 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $970 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 4 | $411 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $332 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $326 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $286 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $224 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $189 |
| Stryker | 1 | $153 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $88 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
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$979
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$967
- Impella$332
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$329
- NA$307
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$286
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$281
- HemoSphere$278
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$264
- ECM Patch,Pouch$224
- Barostim Neo System$171
- Micra$170
- STRYKER VARISPEED$153
- Valiant Captivia$151
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$138
- KONECT RESILIA$128
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$126
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$124
- WATCHMAN FLX$108
- Reveal LINQ$107
How this compares
$8,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,166 anesthesiology providers in Arizona.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Oro Valley
- Paul AffleckOro Valley$3K
- George GellertPrescott$1M
- Steven BarkerTucson$471K
- Anita RamaiahScottsdale$193K
- Kevin EvansTucson$91K
- Tyler DunnScottsdale$71K
- Todd BertochPrescott$63K
- Claire KauraGilbert$63K
- Travis WarnerChandler$51K
- Robert ShullScottsdale$40K
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.