Rishi Charate
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1497243364
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 38.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,100, more than ten times the $1,131 reported in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $29,180.
Across 169 payments — averaging $182.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$12K
- Medtronic$8K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Cvrx, Inc.$397
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$16,25053%
- Travel & lodging$3,95313%
- Food & beverage$10,30633%
- Education$3571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 34 | $11,911 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $7,927 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $5,387 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 15 | $1,775 |
| Abiomed | 25 | $1,233 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $397 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $301 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $298 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $220 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $197 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $137 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $118 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $88 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $51 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $42 |
| BD | 1 | $33 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
- ASSURITY$5,000
- TACTICATH$3,750
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,657
- ENSITE$1,178
- Farapulse$1,005
- ENSITE PRECISION$810
- Impella$398
- Barostim Neo System$364
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$301
- AVEIR$267
- WATCHMAN FLX$235
- PulseSelect$215
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$170
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$145
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$145
- Carto 3$144
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$144
- MONOCRYL$137
- WATCHMAN Access System$125
- JARDIANCE$123
How this compares
$30,865 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $11,103 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $259 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $233 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 14 | $212 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $51 | $11,10311 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 50th percentile of 80 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arizona.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Scottsdale
- Ashish SadhuScottsdale$264K
- Junaid BhuttoScottsdale$84K
- Thomas MattioniScottsdale$84K
- David RiggioScottsdale$50K
- Justin LeeScottsdale$30K
- Ahmad Naeem LoneScottsdale$16K
- Akash MakkarPhoenix$318K
- Jonathan WeissPhoenix$290K
- Yoaav KrauthammerPhoenix$238K
- Vijendra SwarupPhoenix$187K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.