RxDoctor Payments Data

Marcus Burns

Adult Health · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1750767737

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $31,789 and has fallen 82.9% since, to $5,436 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in MN 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.

$51,035in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 152 payments — averaging $335.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$25K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$13K
  • Medtronic$11K
  • Abbott$2K
  • Novartis$52
  • Croivalve Inc$33
  • plus $91 from 5 others
$140in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $140.00 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.

  • Medtronic$140

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$24,36548%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$8,15516%
  • Travel & lodging$12,88225%
  • Food & beverage$5,63311%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.22$24,511
Edwards Lifesciences36$13,129
Medtronic66$11,373
Abbott19$1,846
Novartis3$52
Croivalve Inc1$33
Abiomed1$28
Cardiva Medical, Inc.1$20
Johnson & Johnson1$15
Pfizer1$14
Amgen1$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.

How this compares

$51,035 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 233 adult health providers in Minnesota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$16,492
Medicare patients
141
Services billed
258

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate11$348
Carvedilol13$148
Metoprolol Tartrate11$137

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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