Raymond McKay
Cardiovascular Disease · Hartford, CTNPI 1871591891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $736 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $79 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $37.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$714
- Edwards Lifesciences$623
- Abbott$181
- Boston Scientific$119
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$56
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$48
- plus $149 from 7 others
Across 80 payments — averaging $7926.86 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$471K
- Boston Scientific$83K
- Medtronic$67K
- Abbott$13K
What the payments were for
- Grants$664%
- Food & beverage$1,82496%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 24 | $714 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $623 |
| Abbott | 3 | $181 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $119 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $42 |
| Amgen | 1 | $23 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| GE HealthCare | 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.
How this compares
$1,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 415 cardiovascular disease providers in Connecticut.
Other cardiovascular disease in Hartford
- Stephanie SaucierHartford$243K
- Antonio FernandezHartford$113K
- Paul ThompsonHartford$108K
- Richard SoucierHartford$97K
- Atique MirzaHartford$29K
- Sean McMahonHartford$23K
- Lonny ReismanHartford$22K
- David HenryHartford$13K
- Nihar DesaiNew Haven$1.4M
- Brett NowlanBloomfield$798K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.