Varun Yelamanchili
Interventional Cardiology · Muskegon, MINPI 1396165080
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,957 of the $12,617 with a category attached, or 78.9%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 26.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,539 and has fallen 50.6% since, to $1,749 in 2025.
Across 234 payments — averaging $53.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$846
- Boston Scientific$824
- Abiomed$777
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$724
- plus $5K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,55012%
- Travel & lodging$1661%
- Food & beverage$9,95779%
- Education$9447%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 39 | $3,333 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 46 | $1,291 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 15 | $846 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $824 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $777 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 24 | $724 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $534 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $501 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $437 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 8 | $419 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $306 |
| Amgen | 3 | $299 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $288 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $272 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $185 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $174 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Stryker | 1 | $147 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 2 | $120 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $108 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $91 |
| Novartis | 4 | $76 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $58 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $50 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $32 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$595
- Assure WCD$515
- Diamondback Coronary$501
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$453
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$453
- ENSITE$422
- WATCHMAN Access System$399
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$296
- AVEIR$290
- Repatha$225
- Impella$224
- ONYX FRONTIER$221
- CARDIOMEMS$173
- ELUVIA$150
- GlideWire$149
- SYMPHONY CATHETER$148
- Smart Coil$141
- AlphaVac$141
- Confirm Rx$140
- Ranger$131
How this compares
$12,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 187 interventional cardiology providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 30 | $385 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $313 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $284 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Muskegon
- David BonnemaMuskegon$12K
- Thomas HillMuskegon$12K
- Amir KakiDetroit$1.8M
- Tamam MohamadDetroit$960K
- Paul GrossmanAnn Arbor$630K
- Jason RicciPetoskey$594K
- Tim FischellKalamazoo$468K
- Mir BasirDetroit$442K
- Amr AbbasBerkley$416K
- Safwan KassasSaginaw$340K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.