Joshua Parker, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Greensboro, NCNPI 1568824175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (37.5%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,118 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $2,015 in 2025.
Across 134 payments — averaging $142.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Medtronic$6K
- Abbott$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$689
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$204
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$170
- plus $353 from 8 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $186.84 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.
- Eli Lilly$9K
What the payments were for
- Grants$5,00026%
- Travel & lodging$7,13637%
- Food & beverage$6,08832%
- Education$8154%
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 | 33 | $10,186 |
| Medtronic | 68 | $5,631 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,806 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $689 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $204 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $127 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $30 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $15 |
| Alnylam 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,164
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$1,687
- Micra$1,255
- AVEIR$1,129
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$607
- Plexa ProMRI$503
- WATCHMAN Access System$464
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$177
- ENSITE$161
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$146
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$138
- S-ICD System Magnet$124
- Watchman$117
- LifeVest$111
- LINQ II$110
- SQ RX PULSE GENERATOR$109
- Carto 3$109
- BioMonitor$104
- Selectra$104
How this compares
$19,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 15 | $16,181 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 21 | $394 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 16 | $208 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Greensboro
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- Matthew CarlisleGreensboro$41K
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
- Gregory HarrisGreenville$164K
- John CatanzaroGreenville$159K
- Kevin ManochaRaleigh$146K
- Albert SunDurham$138K
- Manish JainConcord$127K
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.