Simon Pinsky
Cardiovascular Disease · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1174015713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (40.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,106, more than ten times the $857 reported in 2021. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL 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 178 payments — averaging $137.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Abbott$7K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$364
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$357
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$10,00041%
- Travel & lodging$5,01721%
- Food & beverage$7,96833%
- Education$1,4416%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 30 | $11,745 |
| Abbott | 58 | $6,902 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,871 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 24 | $1,866 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $364 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 9 | $357 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $270 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 22 | $250 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $123 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $121 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $111 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $85 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $45 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $39 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
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.
- ENSITE$3,094
- Carto 3$1,233
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,197
- Farapulse$1,063
- WATCHMAN Access System$636
- LifeVest$215
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$211
- Fortify Assura$188
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$183
- Micra$177
- MitraClip System$175
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$173
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$166
- ASSURITY$162
- Confirm Rx$144
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$133
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$128
- LINQ II$125
- GENERAL ULTRASOUND$123
- XARELTO$123
How this compares
$24,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Jacksonville
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Samer GarasJacksonville$258K
- Jose Nativi-NicolauJacksonville$125K
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.