Ruchit Shah
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Birmingham, ALNPI 1871883900
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (44.0%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 44.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,744 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $290 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $17,214.
Across 23 payments — averaging $278.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$481
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$192
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$140
Across 37 payments — averaging $1767.22 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.
- Medtronic$56K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$10K
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,61541%
- Travel & lodging$2,82144%
- Food & beverage$97415%
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 | 4 | $2,861 |
| Abbott | 14 | $2,735 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $481 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $192 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
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
$6,409 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Alabama.
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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 | 102 | $94,174 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $17,510 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 23 | $781 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 13 | $399 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 58 | $357 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Birmingham
- Hugh McElderryBirmingham$725K
- Anil RajendraBirmingham$495K
- Gustavo MoralesBirmingham$171K
- William MaddoxBirmingham$159K
- Francis BennBirmingham$95K
- Terence DunnBirmingham$73K
- Byron ColleyBirmingham$59K
- Macy SmithBirmingham$45K
- Chad ColonBirmingham$42K
- Blake SmithBirmingham$36K
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.