Paul Kurth
Cardiovascular Disease · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1528202884
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $5,374,002 of the $6,115,824 with a category attached, or 87.9%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merit Medical Systems Inc. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA 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 28 payments — averaging $218,422 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$6.1M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,374,00288%
- Ownership interest$741,82212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 28 | $6,115,824 |
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.
- Worley Adv Coronary Sinus Guide$3,671,810
- Worley Adv Coronary Sinus Gde$2,444,015
How this compares
$6,115,824 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Santa Barbara
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
- Wilber SuStanford$1.1M
- Thomas SmithSacramento$942K
- Nassir Azimila Mesa$779K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.