Matthew Schwartz, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1790986339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 65.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,425 and has fallen 71.8% since, to $403 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $84.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$506
- Renata Medical, Inc.$144
- Zimmer Biomet$134
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$97
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$76
- plus $119 from 4 others
Across 16 payments — averaging $3780.83 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$51K
- Medtronic$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,38744%
- Food & beverage$1,75556%
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) | 15 | $2,067 |
| Abbott | 12 | $506 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $134 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $46 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $26 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$3,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 56 pediatric cardiology providers in North Carolina.
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 pediatric cardiology in Charlotte
- Joseph PaolilloCharlotte$350K
- Randall BryantCharlotte$5K
- David OhmstedeCharlotte$504
- Jacob HartzCharlotte$363
- Matthew BrothersCharlotte$279
- Richard BorutaCharlotte$213
- Gonzalo WallisCharlotte$59
- Andrew BenskyCharlotte$58
- Amy SvensonCharlotte$41
- Jennifer Bailey-WoodsCharlotte$39
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.