Michael Alston, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1598127789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,474 of the $10,281 with a category attached, or 63.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik Inc. at 54.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $25,729.
Across 55 payments — averaging $186.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$531
- Boston Scientific$481
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$57
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$47
- plus $148 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,44314%
- Travel & lodging$6,47463%
- Food & beverage$2,17621%
- Education$1882%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 11 | $5,628 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $3,388 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $531 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $481 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $47 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,429
- Carto 3$390
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$194
- Farapulse$154
- BioMonitor$136
How this compares
$10,281 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.
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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.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Jacksonville
- Saumil OzaJacksonville$462K
- Matthew McKillopJacksonville$119K
- Aaditya VoraJacksonville$62K
- Usman SiddiquiWinter Park$1.2M
- Jose Osorio FilhoMiami$1.2M
- David KenigsbergFort Lauderdale$1M
- Raul WeissMiami Beach$887K
- Naushad ShaikKissimmee$691K
- Parikshit SharmaWeston$462K
- Brian BetenskySarasota$412K
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.