Karem Harth, MD
Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1982806873
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.7%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $27,435, more than ten times the $2,220 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in OH 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 341 payments — averaging $336.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$43K
- GE HealthCare$22K
- Boston Scientific$14K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$14K
- Stryker$8K
- Philips North America LLC$5K
- plus $9K from 26 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $4390.36 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$27K
- Stryker$12K
- Medtronic$450
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,08124%
- Speaking & faculty fees$62,76655%
- Travel & lodging$11,19410%
- Food & beverage$13,67512%
- Education$1050%
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) | 152 | $42,540 |
| GE HealthCare | 10 | $21,550 |
| Boston Scientific | 46 | $14,330 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 21 | $14,287 |
| Stryker | 9 | $8,422 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $4,875 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $4,110 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 11 | $1,153 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 7 | $974 |
| Abbott | 4 | $554 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $376 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $251 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 8 | $167 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $166 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $153 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 4 | $130 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $77 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $66 |
| Amgen | 4 | $61 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $42 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$21,777
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$21,777
- VenaSeal$14,549
- LOGIQ$12,488
- Abre$9,041
- IGT D Peripheral$4,875
- GENERAL THROMBECTOMY$4,163
- ClosureFast$3,600
- Zilver PTX$3,500
- Venous Wolf$1,500
- Wolf Trap$1,274
- IN.PACT Admiral$702
- Arterial Wolf$600
- SpiderFX$450
- Endurant$378
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$377
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$349
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$294
- Relay Grafts$287
- JETi All In One Non-Sterile Kit$280
How this compares
$114,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 988 surgery providers in Ohio.
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 | 54 | $40,438 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $9,273 |
| Cilostazol | 11 | $143 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 23 | $91 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $66 | $40,43854 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $376 | $9,27311 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 95th percentile of 988 surgery providers in Ohio.
Other surgery in Cleveland
- Raymond OndersCleveland$1.2M
- Neilendu KunduCleveland$808K
- Chase WehrleCleveland$741K
- Craig JarrettCleveland$622K
- Ihya GorgunCleveland$527K
- Gareth Morris-StiffCleveland$250K
- Alan SaberCleveland$204K
- Eren BerberCleveland$191K
- Leena KhaitanCleveland$187K
- Ali AminianCleveland$147K
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.