Robert Vernooy, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Rockingham, VANPI 1376644880
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $14,298 and has fallen 55.5% since, to $6,363 in 2025.
Across 231 payments — averaging $203.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$22K
- Medtronic$15K
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$391
- plus $400 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $650.00 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$650
Across 1 payment — averaging $185,924 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Pleural Dynamics Inc.$186K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,02043%
- Travel & lodging$14,48931%
- Food & beverage$11,30224%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 22 | $22,040 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 145 | $14,579 |
| Abbott | 27 | $5,492 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $2,915 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 11 | $1,195 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 4 | $391 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $99 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $57 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- ELIQUIS$20,253
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,880
- Watchman$1,185
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,129
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,031
- ENSITE$1,017
- AVEIR$959
- ZIO XT Patch$863
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$743
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$681
- Arctic Front$641
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$620
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$608
- Micra$471
- Claria MRI$412
- Zio monitor$343
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$284
- NA$251
- Carto 3$234
- Cobalt$156
How this compares
$47,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 90 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Virginia.
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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 | 424 | $393,488 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 63 | $59,207 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 121 | $3,827 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 279 | $3,383 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 63 | $1,622 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 57 | $1,481 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 26 | $1,018 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 122 | $699 |
| Dofetilide | 14 | $640 |
| Losartan Potassium | 33 | $479 |
| Spironolactone | 62 | $418 |
| Bumetanide | 14 | $340 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 11 | $302 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 32 | $237 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 15 | $205 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $99 | $393,488424 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 75th percentile of 90 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Virginia.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Rockingham
- Alan JohnsonRockingham$35K
- Kenneth EllenbogenRichmond$360K
- Brett AtwaterFairfax$319K
- Oliver MonfrediCharlottesville$231K
- Peem LorvidhayaFredericksburg$230K
- Erich KiehlNewport News$181K
- Emmanuel EkanemWinchester$132K
- Pamela MasonCharlottesville$130K
- Ajay PillaiRichmond$129K
- Stephen GaetaFairfax$85K
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.