Ronnie Ortiz, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Wausau, WINPI 1245474410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Abbott accounts for 65.1% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,023 and has fallen 75.4% since, to $497 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in WI, where the typical reported total is $7,576.
Across 64 payments — averaging $74.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$705
- Johnson & Johnson$158
- Boehringer Ingelheim$136
- Pfizer$122
- Atricure, Inc.$115
- plus $429 from 8 others
Across 31 payments — averaging $18,731 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$578K
- Medtronic$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,95441%
- Food & beverage$2,80759%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 27 | $3,098 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $705 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $158 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $136 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $122 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $90 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $89 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $62 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $24 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
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
$4,761 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 78 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Wisconsin.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Wisconsin →
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 | 291 | $327,095 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 72 | $85,097 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 45 | $73,435 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 37 | $32,878 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 26 | $32,463 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $11,322 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 468 | $6,844 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 113 | $4,739 |
| Dofetilide | 17 | $3,448 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 145 | $2,989 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 184 | $2,661 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 56 | $1,060 |
| Potassium Chloride | 29 | $745 |
| Digoxin | 20 | $607 |
| Bumetanide | 20 | $503 |
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 | $122 | $327,095291 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $158 | $85,09772 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $136 | $32,87837 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $24 | $11,32216 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 40th percentile of 78 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Wisconsin.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Wausau
- Danylo ZorinWausau$22K
- Kevin RistWausau$16K
- Andrew MykytseyWausau$13K
- Imran NiaziMilwaukee$1M
- Miguel LealMadison$202K
- Jodi ZilinskiMilwaukee$173K
- Sanjay DeshpandeBeloit$133K
- Divya KorpuEau Claire$94K
- Marcie BergerMilwaukee$67K
- Mohammad MortadaMilwaukee$65K
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.