Ron Waksman, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Washington, DCNPI 1134170459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $826,170 of the $914,694 with a category attached, or 90.3%. Biotronik Inc. accounts for 77.6% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $223,182 and has fallen 68.5% since, to $70,318 in 2025.
Across 410 payments — averaging $2230.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$710K
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$45K
- Boston Scientific$35K
- Medtronic$34K
- Philips North America LLC$27K
- Abbott$21K
- plus $42K from 23 others
Across 655 payments — averaging $35,520 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.
- Philips North America LLC$11.1M
- Medtronic$7.9M
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$1.8M
- Boston Scientific$535K
- Abbott$531K
- Biotronik Inc.$301K
- plus $1M from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$826,17090%
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,2004%
- Travel & lodging$42,7975%
- Food & beverage$9,4681%
- Entertainment$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 52 | $710,208 |
| M.a. Med Alliance S.A. | 12 | $45,000 |
| Boston Scientific | 51 | $35,086 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 62 | $33,746 |
| Philips North America LLC | 46 | $27,187 |
| Abbott | 26 | $21,062 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 12 | $17,786 |
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $13,016 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $5,000 |
| Vascular Graft Solutions Inc | 1 | $3,000 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 5 | $750 |
| Amgen | 25 | $717 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 28 | $389 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $283 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $239 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $235 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $210 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $165 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $114 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $93 |
| Novartis | 1 | $57 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $47 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Orsiro Mission$265,903
- Orsiro$181,761
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$23,884
- Resolute$18,735
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$14,250
- WATCHMAN Access System$13,241
- BRILINTA$12,650
- Watchman$9,591
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$7,200
- SELUTION SLR PTA$7,075
- MYNX CONTROL$5,250
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$3,600
- VEST$3,000
- Spectranetics Undiv$2,400
- CoreValve Evolut$2,375
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,107
- Dragonfly OCT$2,000
- SUPERA$1,625
- SYNERGY$1,500
- Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve$1,250
How this compares
Too few interventional cardiology providers in District of Columbiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other interventional cardiology in Washington
- Toby RogersWashington$880K
- Augusto PichardWashington$180K
- Lowell SatlerWashington$112K
- Jonathan ReinerWashington$77K
- Brian CaseWashington$63K
- Horst SievertWashington$58K
- Nelson BernardoWashington$55K
- Ramesh MazhariWashington$41K
- Itshac Ben-DorWashington$25K
- Nardos TemesgenWashington$8K
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.