Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1669573598
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $51,926 of the $62,364 with a category attached, or 83.3%. Abbott accounts for 66.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,122 and has fallen 86.9% since, to $3,429 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $617.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$41K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$11K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 2 others
Across 141 payments — averaging $4441.13 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.
- Abbott$622K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51,92683%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,2002%
- Travel & lodging$5,8899%
- Food & beverage$3,1275%
- Education$2230%
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 | 31 | $41,481 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $10,503 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $3,556 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $2,129 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 17 | $2,026 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 2 | $1,523 |
| Bayer | 8 | $1,023 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $123 |
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.
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$22,551
- Carto 3$7,500
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$7,232
- ENSITE PRECISION$6,000
- Farapulse$2,813
- TactiCath Quartz CFA Catheter$2,750
- Inquiry EP Diagnostic Catheters$2,338
- remede System$1,483
- Plexa$1,200
- Acticor$1,200
- Sentus$1,200
- Edora$1,200
- Rivacor$1,200
- Micra$379
- AMVIA EDGE$220
- EMPOWER Leadless Pacemaker System_CRM$107
- Watchman$107
How this compares
$62,364 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Minnesota.
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- Daniel MelbyMinneapolis$94K
- Kanishk AgnihotriMinneapolis$54K
- Jane ChenMinneapolis$46K
- Henri RoukozMinneapolis$25K
- Sharma KattelMinneapolis$24K
- Raed AbdelhadiMinneapolis$10K
- Jian-Ming LiMinneapolis$10K
- Rehan KarimMinneapolis$8K
- Scott SakaguchiMinneapolis$8K
- Jay SenguptaMinneapolis$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.