Zachary Gertz, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Richmond, VANPI 1457414849
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,635 of the $3,010 with a category attached, or 87.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 31.5% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $4,743.
Across 38 payments — averaging $79.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$947
- Boston Scientific$751
- Abbott$498
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$375
- Medtronic$168
- Philips North America LLC$85
- plus $186 from 5 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $1563.55 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$19K
- Abbott$14K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$37512%
- Food & beverage$2,63588%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $947 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $751 |
| Abbott | 9 | $498 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $375 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $168 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $65 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$3,010 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 176 interventional cardiology providers in Virginia.
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 | 29 | $20,708 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 19 | $279 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $68 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 12 | $53 |
| Simvastatin | 12 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Richmond
- Gansevoort DunningtonRichmond$440K
- Matthew ChungRichmond$75K
- Ashwani KumarRichmond$35K
- Brinder KandaRichmond$34K
- James GarnettRichmond$19K
- Barbara LawsonRichmond$17K
- John PosenauRichmond$11K
- Michael ArcareseRichmond$10K
- Sam DowRichmond$10K
- Deepak TalrejaVirginia Beach$1.5M
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.