Ramez Morcos
Cardiovascular Disease · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1689106106
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.9%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.6% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL 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 217 payments — averaging $210.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Biotronik Inc.$15K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$782
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2755%
- Grants$15,47634%
- Travel & lodging$16,35336%
- Food & beverage$9,78321%
- Education$1,6914%
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) | 40 | $19,405 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 84 | $14,523 |
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $5,347 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 15 | $2,410 |
| Abbott | 14 | $2,007 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $782 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $307 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $266 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $211 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $47 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $33 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
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$2,684
- BioMonitor$2,541
- Solia$2,305
- Rivacor$1,499
- Edora$1,499
- Acticor$1,499
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$1,427
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$1,340
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$1,122
- ENSITE$1,007
- Edora 8 DR-T$949
- QUADRA ASSURA$489
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$152
- Plexa$143
- Sentus$143
- WATCHMAN Access System$132
- Watchman$123
- Confirm Rx$116
How this compares
$45,578 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $14,215 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 15 | $320 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Boca Raton
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
- Vijay HaryaniVero Beach$413K
- Neel PatelMaitland$392K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.