Michael Maher
Cardiovascular Disease · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1235122755
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 146 payments — averaging $9.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$708
- Boston Scientific$92
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$75
- Pfizer$72
- Johnson & Johnson$71
- Medtronic$53
- plus $294 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$111%
- Food & beverage$1,35599%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 108 | $708 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $92 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $71 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $53 |
| Merck | 3 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $36 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $34 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 423 cardiovascular disease providers in Arizona.
Other cardiovascular disease in Scottsdale
- David RizikScottsdale$2.1M
- Krishnaswami VijayaraghavanScottsdale$927K
- Steven LesterScottsdale$336K
- William FreemanScottsdale$279K
- Paul UnderwoodScottsdale$259K
- Robert BurkeScottsdale$258K
- Imad KhaledScottsdale$252K
- Said AlsidawiScottsdale$222K
- Tasneem NaqviScottsdale$150K
- Philip GideonScottsdale$135K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.