Samarthkumar Thakkar
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Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $69.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Amgen$394
- Boehringer Ingelheim$245
- Terumo Medical Corporation$151
- plus $903 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,01410%
- Travel & lodging$1,45015%
- Food & beverage$7,17572%
- Education$2643%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $5,269 |
| Abbott | 32 | $1,703 |
| Medtronic | 23 | $1,239 |
| Amgen | 20 | $394 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $245 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $151 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $137 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $120 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $63 |
| Novartis | 3 | $56 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $39 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
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 Access System$1,409
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$711
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$633
- AVVIGO Guidance System$509
- NAVITOR$291
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$216
- AVEIR$161
- ANGIO-SEAL$151
- TR Band$151
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$148
- ROTAPRO$144
- CARDIOMEMS$138
- WATCHMAN FLX$136
- OPTICROSS$130
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$126
- ARCALYST$123
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$120
- Orsiro Mission$117
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$114
- Repatha$114
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.