Taylor Howard
Pediatric Cardiology · Houston, TXNPI 1124360953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,000 of the $30,295 with a category attached, or 82.5%. Medtronic accounts for 96.1% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $27,644 and has fallen 94.9% since, to $1,414 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 49 payments — averaging $618.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$29K
- Abbott$965
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$123
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$99
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,00083%
- Travel & lodging$3,73012%
- Food & beverage$1,2674%
- Education$2991%
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) | 34 | $29,109 |
| Abbott | 11 | $965 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $123 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
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.
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,088
- AVEIR$695
- Azure$149
How this compares
$30,295 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 244 pediatric cardiology providers in Texas.
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 pediatric cardiology in Houston
- Charles MullinsHouston$180K
- Gary StapletonHouston$94K
- Kiran MallulaHouston$11K
- Matthew BrownHouston$8K
- Joseph SpinnerHouston$8K
- Shaine MorrisHouston$7K
- Donna GoffHouston$7K
- Chandramouleeswaran SrinivasanHouston$6K
- Muhammad KhanHouston$6K
- Mohammed NumanHouston$5K
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.