Mark Milton, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cedar Rapids, IANPI 1922023951
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,031 of the $5,231 with a category attached, or 77.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,483 and has fallen 89.3% since, to $158 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 148 payments — averaging $35.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$623
- Boston Scientific$379
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$272
- Novartis$141
- plus $534 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,11021%
- Food & beverage$4,03177%
- Education$902%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 41 | $2,103 |
| Abbott | 45 | $1,179 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 11 | $623 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $379 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $272 |
| Novartis | 8 | $141 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $134 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $74 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $48 |
| Bayer | 2 | $42 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 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.
- Micra$1,093
- Carto 3$232
- ENSITE$154
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$127
- WATCHMAN Access System$125
How this compares
$5,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 | 986 | $1,019,314 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 458 | $512,064 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 17 | $17,738 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 930 | $10,143 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 321 | $6,231 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 126 | $6,044 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 79 | $3,797 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 183 | $3,357 |
| Digoxin | 106 | $2,217 |
| Dofetilide | 14 | $2,153 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 289 | $1,696 |
| Potassium Chloride | 91 | $1,658 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 232 | $1,336 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 13 | $1,156 |
| Losartan Potassium | 118 | $1,003 |
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 | $134 | $1,019,314986 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $74 | $512,064458 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $141 | $17,73817 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 30th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Iowa.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cedar Rapids
- Mohit ChawlaCedar Rapids$101K
- Talha FaridCedar Rapids$17K
- Weiwei LiCedar Rapids$11K
- David GlassmanCedar Rapids$391
- Todd LangagerCedar Rapids$0
- Steven MickelsenIowa City$2.4M
- Jason MeyersWest Des Moines$189K
- Paari DominicIowa City$83K
- Nilarun ChowdhuriDavenport$73K
- Peter FarjoIowa City$72K
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.