Steven Seals, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Topeka, KSNPI 1043255649
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,420 of the $2,057 with a category attached, or 69.0%. Medtronic accounts for 76.7% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $905 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $54 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $20,088.
Across 49 payments — averaging $41.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$264
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$188
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$20
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$9
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63731%
- Food & beverage$1,42069%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $1,577 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $264 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $188 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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
$2,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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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 | 469 | $381,695 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 135 | $114,866 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 170 | $5,385 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 14 | $3,718 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 244 | $3,525 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 266 | $2,976 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 24 | $1,997 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 106 | $1,759 |
| Dofetilide | 15 | $1,750 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 73 | $1,380 |
| Carvedilol | 98 | $810 |
| Digoxin | 30 | $693 |
| Torsemide | 27 | $675 |
| Losartan Potassium | 119 | $671 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 41 | $650 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Topeka
- Nikhil MehtaTopeka$46K
- Joseph VaglioTopeka$10K
- Alan HelmboldTopeka$7K
- Sumer DhirTopeka$4K
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Rakesh GopinathannairOverland Park$425K
- Rhea PimentelKansas City$163K
- Naga Venkata PothineniOverland Park$162K
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
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.