Leslie Saxon, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1659319689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,063,362 of the $1,136,257 with a category attached, or 93.6%. Abbott accounts for 93.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $290,039 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $41,185 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA 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 168 payments — averaging $6763.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1.1M
- Edwards Lifesciences$58K
- Medtronic$6K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$3K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$3K
- Pfizer$363
- plus $60 from 1 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $3918.67 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.
- Abbott$85K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,063,36294%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,3350%
- Travel & lodging$8,8591%
- Food & beverage$2,8320%
- Other$57,8705%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 157 | $1,065,633 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $57,870 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $6,000 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $3,300 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $3,032 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $363 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $60 |
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.
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$740,766
- MERLIN@HOME$314,671
- FIELDER FC$4,336
- I-STAT$3,335
- CARDIOMEMS$576
- Architect$145
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$108
How this compares
$1,136,257 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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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 | 42 | $42,262 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 17 | $2,064 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 40 | $703 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 23 | $330 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 17 | $223 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 26 | $205 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 17 | $99 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 25 | $70 |
| Spironolactone | 15 | $35 |
| Simvastatin | 11 | $27 |
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 | $363 | $42,26242 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 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Los Angeles
- Rahul DoshiLos Angeles$469K
- Koonlawee NademaneeLos Angeles$446K
- Ivan HoLos Angeles$294K
- Eric BuchLos Angeles$213K
- Carlos MaciasLos Angeles$160K
- Olujimi AjijolaLos Angeles$159K
- Justin HayaseLos Angeles$100K
- Omar YasinLos Angeles$87K
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
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.