Tim Fischell, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1891771440
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — other (53.0%), royalties or licence payments and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. at 53.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $275,555 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $1,748 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in MI 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 301 payments — averaging $1555.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$248K
- Cordis Corporation$88K
- Medtronic$52K
- Cordis US CORP.$42K
- Avertix Medical, Inc$24K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$4K
- plus $10K from 36 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $3032.50 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medalliance LLC$15K
- Abbott$5K
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$4K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$208,21644%
- Food & beverage$10,8222%
- Gifts$750%
- Ownership interest$8360%
- Other$248,12353%
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.
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.
- VenaSeal$51,395
- Ostial Pro Stent Position Sys$2,581
- Ostial Pro Stent Position System$1,129
- Indigo System$376
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$372
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$372
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$297
- Impella$238
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$165
- CardioMEMS HF System$153
- OPTIS$148
- OptoWire$145
- ABSOLUTE PRO$140
- SYMPLICITY G3$137
- Indigo$135
- FlowTriever$128
- MYNX CONTROL$125
- Navicross$125
- AngioVac$123
- Optis Coronary Imaging System$123
How this compares
$468,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 187 interventional cardiology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 31 | $30,292 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $23,397 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 53 | $4,511 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 25 | $1,785 |
| Nitroglycerin | 34 | $1,404 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 77 | $1,250 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 62 | $764 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 42 | $500 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 66 | $479 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 21 | $360 |
| Ezetimibe | 12 | $305 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 32 | $255 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $198 |
| Lisinopril | 26 | $191 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $175 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Kalamazoo
- Vishal GuptaKalamazoo$293K
- Frank SaltielKalamazoo$20K
- Amir KakiDetroit$1.8M
- Tamam MohamadDetroit$960K
- Paul GrossmanAnn Arbor$630K
- Jason RicciPetoskey$594K
- Mir BasirDetroit$442K
- Amr AbbasBerkley$416K
- Safwan KassasSaginaw$340K
- Khaldoon AlaswadDetroit$276K
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.