Michael Rinaldi, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Charlotte, NCNPI 1891708939
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 55.8% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,058 payments — averaging $682.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$403K
- Abbott$225K
- Edwards Lifesciences$70K
- Heartflow, Inc.$8K
- Cardinal Health 200 LLC$5K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$4K
- plus $7K from 21 others
Across 405 payments — averaging $6473.87 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.3M
- Boston Scientific$795K
- Abbott$529K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$32K
- Medtronic$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$386,45654%
- Speaking & faculty fees$189,51326%
- Grants$5,7821%
- Travel & lodging$94,91613%
- Food & beverage$45,5986%
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 | 434 | $403,323 |
| Abbott | 323 | $224,938 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 208 | $69,824 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 12 | $8,173 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 12 | $4,834 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $3,750 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $1,845 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 5 | $1,453 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $750 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $612 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $476 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $454 |
| Verge Medical, Inc. | 1 | $325 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $319 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $228 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $184 |
| Stryker | 1 | $140 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $96 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $34 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
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.
- WATCHMAN Access System$109,246
- MitraClip$93,349
- Mitra Clip system$59,662
- Watchman$53,714
- WATCHMAN FLX$53,367
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$47,125
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$37,798
- MitraClip System$20,984
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$16,056
- VersaCross Access Solution$14,742
- FFRct$7,948
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$7,520
- TENDYNE$4,875
- Tryton Side Branch Stent$4,367
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$3,750
- PASCAL$2,845
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,962
- Sentinel$1,875
- TRICLIP$1,495
- Thermocool SF$1,453
How this compares
$722,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $23,118 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 57 | $378 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $294 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $267 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $211 |
| Furosemide | 27 | $112 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Charlotte
- Markus SchererCharlotte$526K
- Sanjeev GulatiCharlotte$406K
- Richard BrowneCharlotte$379K
- Rohit MehtaCharlotte$189K
- Brian PowellCharlotte$160K
- Nicole Cyrille-SupervilleCharlotte$115K
- Noreen KellyCharlotte$84K
- Dermot PhelanCharlotte$76K
- Charles SimontonCharlotte$73K
- Satish MisraCharlotte$64K
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.