Joseph Vaglio, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Topeka, KSNPI 1578537718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
10 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 48.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,419 and has fallen 84.4% since, to $533 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $20,088.
Across 118 payments — averaging $82.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$882
- Boston Scientific$249
- Abiomed$81
- plus $138 from 4 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $605.40 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$12K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,25054%
- Food & beverage$4,50746%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $4,724 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 48 | $2,347 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 35 | $1,337 |
| Abbott | 14 | $882 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $249 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $81 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 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.
- LifeVest$4,500
- Reveal LINQ$300
- Carto 3$243
- Carto 3 System$223
- Micra$222
- RhythmVIEW Work Stations$185
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$140
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$137
- PulseSelect$133
- Confirm Rx$104
How this compares
$9,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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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 | 445 | $369,415 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 56 | $54,637 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $19,624 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 171 | $2,758 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 50 | $2,152 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 132 | $1,419 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 26 | $798 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 20 | $582 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 13 | $435 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 105 | $398 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $263 |
| Carvedilol | 33 | $89 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 29 | $88 |
| Furosemide | 14 | $33 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 18 | $15 |
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 | $28 | $54,63756 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 25th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Topeka
- Nikhil MehtaTopeka$46K
- Alan HelmboldTopeka$7K
- Sumer DhirTopeka$4K
- Steven SealsTopeka$2K
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Rakesh GopinathannairOverland Park$425K
- Rhea PimentelKansas City$163K
- Naga Venkata PothineniOverland Park$162K
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
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.