Sandeep Krishnan, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Ashland, KYNPI 1922325687
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $32,284 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $45 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 354 payments — averaging $279.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$52K
- Medtronic$22K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$8K
- Medicure Pharma Inc.$7K
- Acist Medical Systems, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- plus $3K from 16 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $200.00 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$200
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,95613%
- Speaking & faculty fees$54,71955%
- Travel & lodging$17,64018%
- Food & beverage$13,71614%
- Education$410%
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 | 205 | $51,555 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $22,096 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $7,753 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 6 | $6,879 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 29 | $4,461 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $3,678 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $754 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $707 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $225 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $177 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $126 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Novartis | 6 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $52 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sensible Medical Innovations Inc | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Xience V coronary stent system$26,983
- MitraClip$14,228
- CoreValve Evolut$10,972
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$9,100
- Veltassa$7,615
- Aggrastat (tirofiban HCl)$5,740
- CVI SYSTEMS$2,988
- WATCHMAN Access System$2,619
- CardioMEMS HF System$1,706
- Mitra Clip system$1,603
- Resolute$1,182
- ReDS$1,140
- HD-IVUS$933
- AMPLATZER Occluders$834
- Watchman$674
- Impella$662
- LifeVest$646
- MitraClip System$488
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$461
- Freestyle$153
How this compares
$99,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 129 interventional cardiology providers in Kentucky.
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 Ashland
- Hisham HirzallahAshland$13K
- Amit SrivastavaEdgewood$642K
- Avichai EresLexington$616K
- Steve LinLexington$362K
- Daniel StewartLouisville$290K
- Robert SawyerLexington$249K
- Ganesh Keshav ThirunavukkarasuLexington$220K
- Daniel RothschildLouisville$154K
- Naresh SolankhiLouisville$132K
- Ashish RastogiOwensboro$123K
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.