Karl Crossen
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tupelo, MSNPI 1619919511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Biotronik Inc. accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,290 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $15 in 2024.
Across 179 payments — averaging $36.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abbott$573
- Abiomed$116
- Novartis$113
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$85
- plus $355 from 12 others
Across 65 payments — averaging $1124.90 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$58K
- Abbott$15K
- Boston Scientific$658
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,64340%
- Food & beverage$3,90559%
- Education$551%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 37 | $4,102 |
| Boston Scientific | 85 | $1,258 |
| Abbott | 30 | $573 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $116 |
| Novartis | 9 | $113 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $79 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $50 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$580
- Solia$580
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$580
- BioMonitor$580
- Edora 8 DR-T$580
- Impella$116
How this compares
Too few clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Tupelo
- Karthik Venkatesh PrasadTupelo$86K
- James StoneTupelo$61K
- Elsheikh AbdelrahimTupelo$35K
- James Hamilton IvJackson$34K
- Jimmy LottJackson$16K
- Attila RokaMeridian$16K
- Santo BorganelliHattiesburg$16K
- Diego Alcivar FrancoHattiesburg$14K
- Sandra McCearleyJackson$10K
- Douglas WolfeJackson$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.