Vivek Mehta
Chicago, ILNPI 1770087983
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,259 of the $31,016 with a category attached, or 81.4%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,731, more than ten times the $118 reported in 2021.
Across 109 payments — averaging $284.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Abbott$11K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$621
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$618
- Edwards Lifesciences$550
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,25981%
- Travel & lodging$4541%
- Food & beverage$4,79315%
- Education$5092%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 20 | $15,269 |
| Abbott | 17 | $10,704 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,869 |
| Abiomed | 12 | $621 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 30 | $618 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $550 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $401 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $288 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $84 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MitraClip$10,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$329
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$322
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$288
- Edora 8 DR-T$288
- BioMonitor$288
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$288
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$268
- WATCHMAN Access System$268
- ONYX FRONTIER$221
- Micra$170
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$162
- Indigo System$141
- Diamondback Coronary$139
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$114
- CARDIOMEMS$109
- SYMPLICITY G3$102
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.