Michael Caskey
Phoenix, AZNPI 1326032111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $4,215,373 of the $4,897,332 with a category attached, or 86.1%. Medtronic accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 2,310 payments — averaging $2120.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4.9M
- Abbott$435
- Edwards Lifesciences$431
- Elutia, Inc.$15
Across 64 payments — averaging $897.90 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$57K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,2381%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,215,37386%
- Grants$1230%
- Travel & lodging$597,69312%
- Food & beverage$44,0581%
- Education$8480%
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) | 2,295 | $4,896,451 |
| Abbott | 3 | $435 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $431 |
| Elutia, 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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$2,568,897
- CoreValve Evolut$1,861,910
- APOLLOTM$158,625
- 3F$426
- Melody$267
- MitraClip$178
- Mitra Clip system$133
- Xience V coronary stent system$123
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$118
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.