RxDoctor Payments Data

Randolph Martin

Cardiovascular Disease · Atlanta, GANPI 1578570321

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 47.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $66,514 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $3,440 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in GA 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.

$176,678in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 188 payments — averaging $939.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$83K
  • Medtronic$75K
  • Caption Health, Inc.$15K
  • Abbott$4K
$15,261in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $3815.18 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.

  • Caption Health, Inc.$9K
  • Medtronic$6K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$74,47642%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$65,14037%
  • Travel & lodging$31,70518%
  • Food & beverage$5,3573%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences114$83,025
Medtronic(2 entities)62$74,940
Caption Health, Inc.1$15,101
Abbott11$3,613

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.

How this compares

$176,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.

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