RxDoctor Payments Data

Robert Hodson

Interventional Cardiology · Portland, ORNPI 1699767137

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.2%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 60.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,939 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $97 in 2024.

$9,411in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 65 payments — averaging $144.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$6K
  • Abbott$3K
  • Boston Scientific$487
  • Heartflow, Inc.$145
  • Medtronic$70
  • Philips North America LLC$36
  • plus $29 from 2 others
$472,879in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 77 payments — averaging $6141.28 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$436K
  • Abbott$22K
  • Boston Scientific$15K

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$3,25035%
  • Travel & lodging$3,69339%
  • Food & beverage$2,46926%

General payments by program year

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24

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 Lifesciences34$5,718
Abbott20$2,926
Boston Scientific4$487
Heartflow, Inc.1$145
Medtronic(2 entities)3$70
Philips North America LLC1$36
Amgen1$15
Abiomed1$14

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

$9,411 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 68 interventional cardiology providers in Oregon.

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