Melissa Kong
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · E Palo Alto, CANPI 1659547917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $288,728 of the $302,603 with a category attached, or 95.4%. Boston Scientific accounts for 95.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $288,728, more than ten times the $8,109 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 46 payments — averaging $6578.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$289K
- Medtronic$6K
- National Marrow Donor Program$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Preventice Services, LLC$700
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$46
- plus $53 from 2 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $2164.50 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$4K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$374
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7000%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,7002%
- Travel & lodging$6,9112%
- Food & beverage$1,5631%
- Other$288,72895%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $288,728 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $6,209 |
| National Marrow Donor Program | 14 | $5,682 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $1,184 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $700 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Amgen | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$288,728
- Carto 3 System$845
How this compares
$302,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in E Palo Alto
- Robert MeadE Palo Alto$184K
- Gregory EngelE Palo Alto$105K
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
- Jonathan DukesVentura$775K
- Brett GidneySanta Barbara$756K
- John Rogersla Jolla$738K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.