Lisa Alford, MD
Vascular Surgery · Bethesda, MDNPI 1497726079
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $18,400 of the $29,114 with a category attached, or 63.2%. Angiodynamics, Inc. accounts for 96.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,726 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $282 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $661.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$28K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$297
- Boston Scientific$289
- Medtronic$127
- Viiv Healthcare Company$96
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$55
- plus $250 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,1144%
- Education$18,40063%
- Other$9,60033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $28,000 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 13 | $297 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $289 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $127 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $96 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $50 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $25 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- VenaCure 1470 Pro$14,400
- EVLT$13,600
- Flexitouch Plus$120
- Nimbl$120
How this compares
$29,114 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 104 vascular surgery providers in Maryland.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Bethesda
- Joseph BozzayBethesda$10K
- Matthew VuoncinoBethesda$8K
- David SchechtmanBethesda$2K
- Paul McNeillFrederick$302K
- John MartinAnnapolis$172K
- Caitlin HicksBaltimore$88K
- Shahab ToursavadkohiBaltimore$76K
- Michael OsgoodBel Air$57K
- Jeffrey WangGermantown$53K
- Frank CriadoBaltimore$52K
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.