Ronald Asay
Cardiovascular Disease · Orem, UTNPI 1578521308
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (38.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,641 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $239 in 2023.
Across 97 payments — averaging $79.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Amgen$125
- Novartis$117
- Johnson & Johnson$113
- plus $620 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,24729%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00039%
- Travel & lodging$471%
- Food & beverage$2,43131%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $3,082 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 6 | $2,317 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $1,352 |
| Amgen | 5 | $125 |
| Novartis | 7 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $113 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Abbott | 4 | $73 |
| Merck | 4 | $56 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $54 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $35 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $16 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 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.
- Watchman$3,000
- Impress Catheters$624
How this compares
$7,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 131 cardiovascular disease providers in Utah.
Other cardiovascular disease in Orem
- Charles DahlOrem$39K
- Sean LawlessOrem$8K
- John RyanSalt Lake City$1.4M
- Robert FowlesSalt Lake City$611K
- Brian WhisenantMurray$416K
- Andrew BehuninDraper$192K
- Jeffrey OsbornSalt Lake City$69K
- James FangSalt Lake City$67K
- Joseph MuhlesteinMurray$65K
- Hannah RaaschSalt Lake City$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.