Richard Zelman, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Forestdale, MANPI 1518904267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 60.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $3,030.
Across 21 payments — averaging $45.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$572
- Boston Scientific$178
- Abbott$146
- Philips North America LLC$30
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$25
Across 13 payments — averaging $8772.22 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$108K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$2K
- Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$42044%
- Food & beverage$53156%
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) | 10 | $572 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $178 |
| Abbott | 5 | $146 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
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
$951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 128 interventional cardiology providers in Massachusetts.
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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 | 56 | $54,933 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 30 | $32,860 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 19 | $12,784 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 105 | $1,905 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 90 | $1,613 |
| Ezetimibe | 17 | $1,575 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 28 | $1,349 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 48 | $1,321 |
| Valsartan | 11 | $964 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 96 | $903 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 23 | $893 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 62 | $690 |
| Lisinopril | 94 | $616 |
| Losartan Potassium | 75 | $380 |
| Atenolol | 12 | $283 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Forestdale
- Eric SecemskyBoston$1.2M
- Darshan DoshiBoston$730K
- Charles GibsonBoston$661K
- Duane PintoBoston$491K
- Robert YehBoston$412K
- Thomas PiemonteBurlington$330K
- Suzanne BaronBoston$274K
- Farouc JafferBoston$213K
- Joseph GarasicBoston$152K
- Sergio WaxmanBurlington$148K
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.