Veera Pavan Kotaru, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Lansing, MINPI 1710154927
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 215 payments — averaging $50.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$842
- Abbott$840
- Abiomed$698
- plus $5K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6466%
- Food & beverage$10,13994%
- Education$140%
- Gifts$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 16 | $1,308 |
| Boston Scientific | 26 | $1,303 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,242 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 19 | $842 |
| Abbott | 14 | $840 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $698 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 17 | $627 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $572 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $529 |
| Novartis | 21 | $299 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 4 | $291 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $246 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $233 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 6 | $167 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $133 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $119 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $107 |
| EKOS Corporation | 3 | $96 |
| Amgen | 4 | $95 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $83 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $65 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $63 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Bayer | 2 | $38 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Vantis Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $0 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$732
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$732
- FlowTriever$649
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$556
- SYMPLICITY G3$301
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$295
- Indigo System$259
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$233
- ClotTriever$213
- OPTIS$148
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$133
- FFRct$127
- AngioVac$123
- LifeVest$118
- Dragonfly OCT$118
- EKOSONIC$112
- Impella$109
- IGT Devices Und$107
- Xience Sierra Coronary Stent$105
- Indigo$100
How this compares
$10,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 509 | $492,228 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 112 | $106,160 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 67 | $71,502 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 52 | $61,926 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 52 | $43,810 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 38 | $28,868 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 29 | $23,819 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 851 | $14,306 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 14 | $8,648 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 487 | $8,399 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 84 | $7,904 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 316 | $5,265 |
| Ezetimibe | 141 | $3,924 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 197 | $3,792 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 43 | $3,759 |
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 | $83 | $492,228509 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $119 | $106,160112 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $299 | $71,50267 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $14 | $61,92652 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $63 | $52,68767 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 70th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
Other cardiovascular disease in Lansing
- David StroblLansing$946K
- Chad LinkLansing$499K
- Ali SheikhLansing$205K
- Stanley ChetcutiAnn Arbor$4.3M
- Sandeep KhuranaGrandville$2.3M
- Victor MolesAnn Arbor$2.1M
- Jihad MustaphaGrand Rapids$1.9M
- Marschall RungeAnn Arbor$1.8M
- Sara SaberiAnn Arbor$1.6M
- Brian OneillDetroit$1.4M
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.