Product Program year 2023 Source: CMS Open Payments

VNS Therapy

Device Cardiology/Vascular Diseases

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General payments

$25,685,874

14,744 payments

Research payments

$13,144,972

1,972 payments

Through program year 2023, $25,685,874 in general payments and $13,144,972 in research payments were reported against VNS Therapy (Cardiology/Vascular Diseases).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

9 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2023 General $368,106 1,302
2023 Research $4,000,852 423
2022 General $321,372 1,049
2022 Research $2,122,416 436
2021 General $3,225 2
2020 General $10,960,551 3,666
2020 Research $3,926,344 689
2019 General $14,032,620 8,725
2019 Research $3,095,360 424

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2023
  1. LivaNova USA, Inc. $25,685,874 14,744 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2023
  1. Ahmed Abdelmoity Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Kansas City, MO $8,567 2% · 24 payments
  2. Kathryn Polovitz Internal Medicine · Parker, CO $6,510 2% · 23 payments
  3. Danielle Becker Epilepsy · Columbus, OH $6,108 2% · 17 payments
  4. Angus Wilfong Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Phoenix, AZ $5,472 1% · 17 payments
  5. Micheal MacKen Clinical Neurophysiology · Chicago, IL $4,291 1% · 13 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2023.

The top 25 recipients, free in the app

Specialties paid General payments · program year 2023
  1. Neurology Psychiatry & Neurology $92,574 25% · 93 practitioners
  2. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $56,918 16% · 49 practitioners
  3. Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Psychiatry & Neurology $51,363 14% · 38 practitioners
  4. Nurse Practitioner $35,951 10% · 31 practitioners
  5. Physician Assistant $33,689 9% · 28 practitioners

The top 5 of 23 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2023. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2023
  1. New York $29,871 8% · 25 recipients
  2. Florida $26,941 7% · 27 recipients
  3. California $25,796 7% · 27 recipients
  4. Missouri $20,600 6% · 10 recipients
  5. Georgia $20,019 5% · 16 recipients

The top 5 of 42 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2023 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

14,744 general · 1,972 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2023

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