Kelly Airey, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Bettendorf, IANPI 1538186382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 57.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,851 and has fallen 59.2% since, to $756 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $15,103.
Across 96 payments — averaging $61.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$966
- Medtronic$787
- Abbott$172
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$170
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$119
- plus $287 from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $2096.00 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.
- Novartis$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80030%
- Travel & lodging$4578%
- Food & beverage$3,51459%
- Education$1703%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 37 | $3,439 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $966 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $787 |
| Abbott | 6 | $172 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $170 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $119 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $83 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 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.
- Carto 3$2,152
- Arctic Front$254
- Carto 3 System$220
- SelectSecure$203
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$123
- Rhythmia Mapping System$101
How this compares
$5,941 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Iowa.
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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 | 65 | $76,599 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 86 | $1,704 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 23 | $1,523 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 26 | $381 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 21 | $248 |
| Potassium Chloride | 13 | $215 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $171 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 18 | $100 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $91 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $77 |
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 | $19 | $76,59965 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 35th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Iowa.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Bettendorf
- Steven MickelsenIowa City$2.4M
- Jason MeyersWest Des Moines$189K
- Mohit ChawlaCedar Rapids$101K
- Paari DominicIowa City$83K
- Nilarun ChowdhuriDavenport$73K
- Peter FarjoIowa City$72K
- Oluwaseun AdeolaIowa City$49K
- Victor AbrichWaterloo$47K
- Steven BailinWest Des Moines$45K
- Denise SorrentinoWest Des Moines$39K
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.