Michael Biersmith, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Hermitage, TNNPI 1053725911
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 317 payments — averaging $26.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$820
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$726
- Amgen$711
- Penumbra, Inc.$618
- Boston Scientific$572
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$500
- plus $5K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2183%
- Food & beverage$8,19596%
- Education$1442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 40 | $820 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $726 |
| Amgen | 41 | $711 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $618 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $572 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 27 | $500 |
| Abbott | 7 | $468 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $465 |
| Novartis | 22 | $356 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $308 |
| Novo Nordisk | 13 | $292 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $274 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $215 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $199 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $184 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $177 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $150 |
| Bayer | 6 | $137 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 7 | $133 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $107 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 5 | $102 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $60 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $47 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Merck | 1 | $26 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Indigo System$489
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$469
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$199
- OPTICROSS$173
- Hi-Torque All Star guide wire$168
- Biograph Horizon-3R$161
- Vascular Lithotripsy$152
- Resolute$144
- AVVIGO Guidance System$141
- SYMPLICITY G3$121
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$108
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$108
How this compares
$8,557 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 207 interventional cardiology providers in Tennessee.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 388 | $421,835 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 132 | $135,597 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 105 | $124,271 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 90 | $79,498 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 69 | $61,169 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 36 | $33,614 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 25 | $21,046 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 339 | $4,529 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 302 | $3,711 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 236 | $3,365 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 12 | $2,703 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 70 | $2,242 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 11 | $1,996 |
| Ezetimibe | 52 | $1,988 |
| Carvedilol | 201 | $1,685 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $465 | $421,835388 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $107 | $135,597132 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $356 | $124,271105 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $150 | $82,21594 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $820 | $79,49890 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 207 interventional cardiology providers in Tennessee.
Other interventional cardiology in Hermitage
- Getu AssefaHermitage$26K
- Michael MorseNashville$3.5M
- Charles TreasurePowell$3M
- Colin BarkerNashville$2.1M
- Brian JeffersonNashville$2.1M
- Malcolm FosterKnoxville$1.9M
- Rahul SakhujaKingsport$1.9M
- Kashish GoelNashville$1.1M
- Samuel HorrNashville$912K
- Mehul PatelGermantown$810K
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.