Ancora Heart, Inc.

Pharmaceutical & medical device company payment data from CMS Open Payments.

Total Payments
$955,845
Doctors Paid
621
Transactions
2,594
2024 Total
$136,410

Payment Breakdown by Category

Travel$463,200 (48.5%)
Consulting$314,643 (32.9%)
Food & Beverage$172,911 (18.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Travel and Lodging $463,200 953 48.5%
Consulting Fee $314,643 44 32.9%
Food and Beverage $172,911 1,593 18.1%
Honoraria $3,000 1 0.3%
Entertainment $1,350 2 0.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $742.00 1 0.1%

Payments by Medical Specialty

Specialty Total Paid Doctors Avg/Doctor
Cardiovascular Disease $635,671 208 $3,056
Interventional Cardiology $85,885 48 $1,789
Internal Medicine $75,887 107 $709.23
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology $29,542 40 $738.55
Surgery $23,171 7 $3,310
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program $21,824 24 $909.33
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $16,644 16 $1,040
Family $8,456 28 $302.02
Acute Care $7,942 20 $397.08
Anesthesiology $6,891 8 $861.42
Specialist $4,473 4 $1,118
Registered Nurse $3,992 10 $399.16
Nurse Practitioner $3,862 17 $227.15
Critical Care Medicine $3,766 3 $1,255
Emergency Medicine $3,647 3 $1,216
Family Medicine $3,563 7 $508.96
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $3,386 2 $1,693
Military Health Care Provider $2,585 1 $2,585
Adult Health $1,908 13 $146.79
Plastic Surgery $1,709 1 $1,709
Medical $1,692 9 $188.04
Surgical Critical Care $1,627 2 $813.70
Psychiatric/Mental Health $1,445 2 $722.35
Physician Assistant $1,435 15 $95.65
Vascular Surgery $1,091 2 $545.50
Pediatric Cardiology $823.05 1 $823.05
Gastroenterology $755.20 1 $755.20
Orthopaedic Surgery $476.00 1 $476.00
Gerontology $453.53 5 $90.71
Nuclear Cardiology $318.39 4 $79.60
Adolescent Medicine $246.77 1 $246.77
Hospitalist $185.58 3 $61.86
Clinical Nurse Specialist $154.97 2 $77.49
Nephrology $74.18 1 $74.18
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $37.05 1 $37.05
General Practice $18.26 1 $18.26
Medical-Surgical $17.42 1 $17.42
Adult Congenital Heart Disease $10.00 1 $10.00

Top Paid Doctors — Page 7

Doctor Specialty Location Total 2024
William Merhi, Do, DO Interventional Cardiology Grand Rapids, MI $1,378 $0
Suzanne Smith, Md, MD Emergency Medicine Clarksville, TN $1,351 $0
Dr. Sasan Raissi, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Chicago, IL $1,344 $0
Dr. Darrell Solet, M.d, M.D Internal Medicine Morgan City, LA $1,338 $0
Aken Desai, Md, MD Interventional Cardiology Aurora, CO $1,306 $0
Jennifer Jantz, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease New York, NY $1,280 $0
Dr. Chui Fan Wong, D.o, D.O Family Medicine Bronx, NY $1,280 $0
Shalin Patel, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Kingston, NY $1,279 $0
Lowell Satler, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Washington, DC $1,274 $0
Dr. Ziad Taimeh, M.d, M.D Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Houston, TX $1,268 $0
Dr. Amit Vora, Md, MD Internal Medicine New Haven, CT $1,251 $0
Dr. Shikhar Agarwal, Md Mph, MD MPH Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Danville, PA $1,243 $0
Gene Kim, Md, MD Cardiovascular Disease Chicago, IL $1,238 $0
Dr. Tilak Pasala, Md, MD Interventional Cardiology Delray Beach, FL $1,223 $0
Michael Ragosta, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Charlottesville, VA $1,222 $0
Gorav Ailawadi, Md, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Ann Arbor, MI $1,222 $0
Dr. William Whang, Md, MD Internal Medicine New York, NY $1,206 $0
Stephen Lynch, M.d, M.D Internal Medicine Southfield, MI $1,201 $0
Ajith Nair, M.d, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Houston, TX $1,188 $0
Dr. Christopher Sciortino, Md, Phd, MD, PHD Surgery Norfolk, VA $1,181 $0
Dr. Vivek Reddy, M.d, M.D Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology New York, NY $1,177 $0
Dr. Duane Berkompas, Md, MD Interventional Cardiology Grand Rapids, MI $1,151 $0
Ryan Kaple, Md, MD Internal Medicine Hackensack, NJ $1,140 $0
Kanika Mody, M.d, M.D Internal Medicine Hackensack, NJ $1,117 $0
Andreas Brieke, Md, MD Cardiovascular Disease Aurora, CO $1,091 $0

Top Products

  • AccuCinch $664,218
  • Accucinch Ventriculoplasty System $18,586

Associated Products (3)

Payment Categories

  • Food & Beverage $172,911
  • Consulting $314,643
  • Travel & Lodging $463,200

About Ancora Heart, Inc.

Ancora Heart, Inc. has made $955,845 in payments to 621 healthcare providers, recorded across 2,594 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. In 2024, the company paid $136,410. The top product by payment volume is AccuCinch ($664,218).

Payments were distributed across 38 medical specialties. The top specialty by payment amount is Cardiovascular Disease ($635,671 to 208 doctors).

Payment categories include: Food & Beverage ($172,911), Consulting ($314,643), Travel & Lodging ($463,200).

Ancora Heart, Inc. is associated with 3 products in the CMS Open Payments database.