Paras Bhatt, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Norwich, CTNPI 1053598540
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 772 payments — averaging $199.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$67K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$33K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$23K
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Medtronic$6K
- Abbott$6K
- plus $11K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$71,80052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,90023%
- Travel & lodging$15,24911%
- Food & beverage$20,20515%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 59 | $67,263 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 71 | $32,674 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 45 | $22,522 |
| Boston Scientific | 172 | $7,952 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 106 | $6,154 |
| Abbott | 40 | $5,740 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 24 | $4,196 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 197 | $3,967 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $2,002 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $500 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 13 | $216 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $64 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $47 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| BD | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $6 |
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$68,025
- OPTIMIZER$34,268
- LifeVest$21,114
- Confirm Rx$3,000
- Watchman$2,199
- BioMonitor$1,810
- Solia$1,810
- Edora$1,810
- Acticor$1,810
- Rivacor$1,810
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,280
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,088
- Carto 3 System$989
- Micra$594
- ENSITE$471
- WATCHMAN Access System$461
- WATCHMAN FLX$369
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$303
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$271
- AVEIR$253
How this compares
$153,672 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 47 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Connecticut.
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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 | 71 | $75,189 |
| Dofetilide | 11 | $3,697 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 98 | $1,689 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 35 | $1,562 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 18 | $1,388 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 47 | $640 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 41 | $573 |
| Mupirocin | 21 | $149 |
| Cephalexin | 21 | $110 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 19 | $45 |
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 | $64 | $75,18971 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 75th percentile of 47 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Connecticut.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Norwich
- Chikezie AlvarezNorwich$21K
- Paige BrennanNorwich$412
- Charles RouseBridgeport$1.2M
- Aneesh TolatHartford$733K
- Steven ZweibelHartford$390K
- James HummelNew Haven$281K
- Eric GrubmanNorth Haven$228K
- James FreemanNew Haven$207K
- Adam LottickTrumbull$175K
- Jude ClancyMiddletown$172K
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.