Naga Venkata Pothineni, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Overland Park, KSNPI 1437437498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (25.8%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $46,014, 5.2 times the $8,769 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 561 payments — averaging $289.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$78K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$33K
- Boston Scientific$26K
- Abbott$13K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$4K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
- plus $5K from 21 others
Across 20 payments — averaging $12,343 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.
- Haemonetics Corporation$209K
- Boston Scientific$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,56721%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,41821%
- Grants$41,87326%
- Travel & lodging$32,00520%
- Food & beverage$21,27713%
- Education$700%
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) | 189 | $77,727 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 111 | $33,443 |
| Boston Scientific | 89 | $25,912 |
| Abbott | 93 | $12,722 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $3,813 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $3,352 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $1,733 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $1,200 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $788 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $269 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $246 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $221 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $195 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $96 |
| Amgen | 4 | $66 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Carto 3$28,422
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$13,409
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$6,394
- LINQ II$2,503
- Micra$2,027
- GENERAL BRADY$1,873
- AVEIR$1,783
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$1,733
- NA$1,125
- Watchman$1,100
- ENSITE$626
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$524
- Sentus$418
- VANTAGEVIEW$369
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$330
- OPTIMIZER$176
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$170
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$169
- FLEXABILITY$168
- PulseSelect$163
How this compares
$162,209 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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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 | 194 | $198,088 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $28,625 |
| Dofetilide | 20 | $3,000 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 111 | $989 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 41 | $961 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 41 | $894 |
| Losartan Potassium | 37 | $420 |
| Carvedilol | 38 | $405 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 19 | $281 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $121 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 33 | $119 |
| Furosemide | 22 | $52 |
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 | $96 | $198,088194 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 90th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Overland Park
- Rakesh GopinathannairOverland Park$425K
- Douglas DardenOverland Park$52K
- Peter ParkOverland Park$20K
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Rhea PimentelKansas City$163K
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
- Seth SheldonKansas City$64K
- Anila RaoKansas City$57K
- Raghuveer DendiKansas City$53K
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.