How ABIOMED Pays Doctors
The largest category by dollar amount is honoraria, accounting for $4.3M across 694 payments. Food and beverage payments are the most frequent: 52,625 meals averaging $51 each.
Honoraria
694 payments, avg $6K
Food and Beverage
52,625 payments, avg $51
Travel and Lodging
2,238 payments, avg $592
Consulting Fee
55 payments, avg $10K
Gift
269 payments, avg $49
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a v
1 payments, avg $2K
Where the Money Goes
Texas received the most from ABIOMED: $772K across 2,411 doctors.
Showing top 15 states by total payment amount.
Which Specialties Does ABIOMED Target?
Cardiovascular Disease doctors received the most from ABIOMED: $2.1M across 3,466 providers.
Products Behind the Payments
These are the drugs and medical devices that ABIOMED promoted to healthcare providers through payments, meals, and consulting arrangements.
Top Recipients
These doctors received the most from ABIOMED. Click any name to view their full profile and see all their industry relationships.
Cardiovascular Disease · Richmond, VA
Cardiovascular Disease · Boston, MA
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Saint Louis, MO
Interventional Cardiology · Detroit, MI
Interventional Cardiology · Detroit, MI
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PA
Internal Medicine · Chicago, IL
Interventional Cardiology · Bend, OR
Interventional Cardiology · Saint Paul, MN
Interventional Cardiology · Philadelphia, PA
Anesthesiology · New York, NY
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · New York, NY
Internal Medicine · Dallas, TX
Critical Care Medicine · Orlando, FL
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PA
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has ABIOMED paid to doctors?
ABIOMED made 55,883 payments totaling $8.9M to 22,921 healthcare providers. The average payment was $158 and the largest single payment was $117K.
What types of payments does ABIOMED make?
ABIOMED's payments include honoraria ($4.3M), food and beverage ($2.7M), travel and lodging ($1.3M). They provided 52,625 meals to doctors, averaging $51 per meal.
Which doctors receive the most from ABIOMED?
The top recipient is George Vetrovec (Cardiovascular Disease), who received $411K across 119 payments.
Are these payments legal?
Yes. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to publicly report payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments cover legitimate activities like consulting, research, education, and meals during educational presentations. The data is published through the CMS Open Payments program.
Where does this data come from?
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov), which collects and publishes information about payments from drug and device manufacturers to physicians and teaching hospitals. Companies are required by law to report these payments.
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Source: CMS Open Payments program. Data includes general and research payments to physicians and teaching hospitals.