Maziyar Daneshvar
White Plains, NYNPI 1356903124
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.3%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 35.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,884 and has fallen 57.6% since, to $2,072 in 2025.
Across 135 payments — averaging $67.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$670
- Amgen$514
- Merck$231
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1101%
- Grants$2,00022%
- Travel & lodging$2,02922%
- Food & beverage$4,91954%
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 | 31 | $3,242 |
| Abbott | 3 | $2,000 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $1,343 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $670 |
| Amgen | 23 | $514 |
| Merck | 9 | $231 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $229 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $119 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| American Regent | 1 | $81 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $73 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Novartis | 2 | $30 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.