Matthew Latacha
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Omaha, NENPI 1497969760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,538 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $25 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $23,571.
Across 143 payments — averaging $95.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$942
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$93
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$93
- plus $272 from 9 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $3444.13 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.
- Boston Scientific$138K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,10015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,80013%
- Travel & lodging$3,44225%
- Food & beverage$6,32446%
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) | 64 | $7,996 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 14 | $2,456 |
| Abbott | 20 | $1,814 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $942 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $93 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $93 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $77 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- Arctic Front$5,220
- AVEIR$1,331
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$900
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$395
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$289
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$265
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$154
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$142
- EMBLEM$139
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER$134
- Evera$125
- WATCHMAN Access System$118
- DiamondTemp$107
How this compares
$13,666 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 21 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Nebraska.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Omaha
- Hussam AbuissaOmaha$162K
- Jeffrey MahoneyOmaha$118K
- Shane TsaiOmaha$68K
- Jason PayneOmaha$59K
- Matthew SorensenOmaha$30K
- David SternsOmaha$28K
- Matthew KapalisOmaha$24K
- Christopher EricksonOmaha$18K
- Daniel VariOmaha$9K
- John SchleiferOmaha$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.