Steve Antoine
Cardiovascular Disease · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1255776456
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.2%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cvrx, Inc. at 54.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,881, more than ten times the $720 reported in 2019. 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 241 payments — averaging $270.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$36K
- Medtronic$21K
- Abbott$7K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
- Abiomed$709
- Pfizer$202
- plus $202 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,60036%
- Grants$20,00031%
- Travel & lodging$7,16811%
- Food & beverage$14,16222%
- Education$2210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 87 | $35,558 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $20,716 |
| Abbott | 126 | $6,713 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 10 | $1,049 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $709 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $202 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Merck | 1 | $83 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- Barostim Neo System$33,790
- CARDIOMEMS$1,994
- OPTIMIZER$1,203
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,105
- Impella$449
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$221
- HeartMate Touch$135
- HeartWare HVAD$119
- CardioMEMS HF System$111
How this compares
$65,150 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.