Timothy Talbert, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1619966330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,465 of the $7,639 with a category attached, or 71.5%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 25.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,255 and has fallen 84.8% since, to $344 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $12,690.
Across 215 payments — averaging $35.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$949
- Stryker$587
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$341
- Boston Scientific$324
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17428%
- Food & beverage$5,46572%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 59 | $1,971 |
| Medtronic | 28 | $1,733 |
| Abbott | 15 | $949 |
| Stryker | 5 | $587 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $341 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $324 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $252 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 17 | $236 |
| Novartis | 10 | $204 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $185 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $112 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $77 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $72 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $60 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $49 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $34 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $28 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Carto 3$1,322
- Micra$1,009
- MAKO$531
- AVEIR$498
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$163
- Cobalt$121
- Soundstar$109
- THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH$109
How this compares
$7,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee →
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 | 280 | $209,160 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 142 | $87,601 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $10,682 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $9,176 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 254 | $7,890 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 37 | $1,475 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 72 | $1,248 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 21 | $937 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 45 | $627 |
| Valsartan | 14 | $394 |
| Losartan Potassium | 49 | $266 |
| Digoxin | 15 | $204 |
| Carvedilol | 54 | $177 |
| Potassium Chloride | 26 | $169 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 16 | $146 |
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 | $112 | $209,160280 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $185 | $87,601142 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $32 | $10,68214 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $38 | $9,17614 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 35th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Chattanooga
- Harish ManyamChattanooga$265K
- Lane ZhangChattanooga$36K
- Augustus MealorChattanooga$18K
- Kelly RichardsonChattanooga$4K
- Stephen FahrigNashville$605K
- Gregory BashianNashville$361K
- William StevensonNashville$172K
- Sandeep DuggalNashville$151K
- Sean WhalenNashville$149K
- David LanGermantown$134K
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.