Robert Kennedy, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Traverse City, MINPI 1457485948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 47.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,515, 2.2 times the $1,135 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $15,638.
Across 43 payments — averaging $129.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biotronik Inc.$110
- Medtronic$103
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$31
- plus $42 from 3 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2349.81 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.
- Abbott$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,25040%
- Travel & lodging$1,82733%
- Food & beverage$1,49927%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 14 | $2,659 |
| Abbott | 12 | $1,462 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,169 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $110 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $103 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Carto 3$2,396
- AVEIR$1,124
- Watchman$945
- Carto 3 System$113
- Micra$103
How this compares
$5,577 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.
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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 | 457 | $596,635 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 183 | $191,969 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 187 | $10,052 |
| Dofetilide | 46 | $7,916 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 140 | $4,859 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 156 | $4,253 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 183 | $3,467 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 135 | $2,526 |
| Losartan Potassium | 78 | $1,524 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 17 | $1,408 |
| Potassium Chloride | 44 | $1,181 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 19 | $731 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 41 | $701 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 52 | $682 |
| Bumetanide | 29 | $666 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Traverse City
- Randy LiebermanDetroit$1.2M
- Asim YunusSaginaw$236K
- Jackson LiangAnn Arbor$229K
- Ryan CunnaneAnn Arbor$218K
- Dipak ShahSouthfield$194K
- Rakesh LatchamsettyBrighton$165K
- Ilana KutinskyTroy$138K
- Nishaki MehtaRoyal Oak$133K
- Andre GauriGrand Rapids$126K
- Daniel AlyeshAnn Arbor$97K
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.