Thomas Franzon, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1740676295
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.5%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,041 and has fallen 59.7% since, to $3,639 in 2025.
Across 230 payments — averaging $98.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Abbott$6K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$630
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$583
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$408
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$3,12514%
- Travel & lodging$11,90852%
- Food & beverage$7,59233%
- Education$690%
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 | 72 | $11,446 |
| Abbott | 44 | $6,481 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $1,792 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $630 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 14 | $583 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $408 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 20 | $356 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $120 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $97 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Amgen | 5 | $76 |
| Novartis | 4 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $65 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $53 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AVEIR$2,325
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,538
- MERLIN@HOME$1,459
- Micra$1,428
- VersaCross Access Solution$1,222
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,007
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER$779
- ACCENT$428
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$331
- Plexa ProMRI$331
- Carto 3$256
- Perclose ProStyle$138
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$130
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$115
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$103
How this compares
$22,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.
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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 | 168 | $184,620 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $26,101 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $11,641 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 82 | $4,280 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 189 | $3,580 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 75 | $1,498 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 34 | $977 |
| Potassium Chloride | 22 | $368 |
| Colchicine | 36 | $349 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 11 | $230 |
| Furosemide | 26 | $203 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 34 | $159 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $149 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $120 | $184,620168 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $13 | $26,10123 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $67 | $11,64112 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 60th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Kalamazoo
- Zhigang LiuKalamazoo$19K
- Randy LiebermanDetroit$1.2M
- Asim YunusSaginaw$236K
- Jackson LiangAnn Arbor$229K
- Ryan CunnaneAnn Arbor$218K
- Dipak ShahSouthfield$194K
- Rakesh LatchamsettyBrighton$165K
- Ilana KutinskyTroy$138K
- Nishaki MehtaRoyal Oak$133K
- Andre GauriGrand Rapids$126K
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.