Total Payments
$156,922
2024 Payments
$62,363
Companies
16
Transactions
296
Medicare Patients
2,628
Medicare Billing
$229,883
Payment Breakdown by Category
Other$66,631 (42.5%)
Consulting$56,700 (36.1%)
Travel$24,432 (15.6%)
Food & Beverage$8,535 (5.4%)
Education$623.88 (0.4%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $56,700 | 20 | 36.1% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $34,548 | 14 | 22.0% |
| Grant | $32,083 | 4 | 20.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $24,432 | 88 | 15.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $8,535 | 166 | 5.4% |
| Education | $623.88 | 4 | 0.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $65,552 | 110 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $33,635 | 64 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $29,545 | 68 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $15,703 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| MicroPort CRM USA Inc | $7,424 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
| SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC | $3,408 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| AtriCure, Inc. | $1,024 | 3 | $0 (2022) |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $275.76 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $119.19 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $70.24 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62,363 | 77 | Abbott Laboratories ($27,583) |
| 2023 | $36,123 | 58 | Abbott Laboratories ($28,576) |
| 2022 | $7,679 | 29 | Abbott Laboratories ($4,391) |
| 2021 | $3,849 | 4 | SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC ($3,408) |
| 2019 | $9,451 | 48 | Abbott Laboratories ($3,774) |
| 2018 | $21,854 | 46 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($16,470) |
| 2017 | $15,603 | 34 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($10,469) |
All Payment Transactions
296 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 12
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/27/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY MRI (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $7,500.00 | General |
| Category: Ingevity MRI_CRM | ||||||
| 12/27/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY MRI (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $64.00 | General |
| Category: Ingevity MRI_CRM | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $70.00 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 12/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $25.70 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $517.04 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $245.81 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $69.40 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $115.57 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,125.00 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $4,750.00 | General |
| 11/06/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.26 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,575.00 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,312.50 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,312.50 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $63.00 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/25/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $199.42 | General |
| 10/24/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | INGEVITY+ (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $119.34 | General |
| Category: Ingevity+_CRM | ||||||
| 10/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $237.68 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $62.27 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $47.70 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.45 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.83 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $281.37 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $180.44 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 10/19/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | GALLANT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $94.08 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 996 | 1,094 | $536,872 | $88,190 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,008 | 1,151 | $436,511 | $76,976 |
| 2021 | 20 | 522 | 572 | $271,710 | $51,271 |
| 2020 | 6 | 102 | 153 | $67,370 | $13,446 |
Total Patients
2,628
Total Services
2,970
Medicare Billing
$229,883
Procedure Codes
73
All Medicare Procedures & Services
73 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93656 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | Facility | 2023 | 36 | 36 | $158,076 | $25,338 | 16.0% |
| 33208 | Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $91,652 | $8,290 | 9.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 57 | 61 | $20,984 | $8,004 | 38.1% |
| 93655 | Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 25 | $41,125 | $5,696 | 13.9% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 33 | 33 | $16,170 | $5,293 | 32.7% |
| 93657 | Destruction of tissue of upper heart chamber through tube to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 23 | $37,881 | $5,241 | 13.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 53 | 57 | $14,535 | $4,949 | 34.0% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 48 | 48 | $13,056 | $3,908 | 29.9% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 194 | 239 | $34,655 | $2,403 | 6.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $7,410 | $2,350 | 31.7% |
| 93296 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 149 | 154 | $20,790 | $2,071 | 10.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 34 | 34 | $5,848 | $1,965 | 33.6% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 32 | $5,568 | $1,924 | 34.6% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 34 | 35 | $8,785 | $1,772 | 20.2% |
| 93294 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 84 | 88 | $12,496 | $1,585 | 12.7% |
| 93295 | Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 58 | 60 | $15,420 | $1,287 | 8.3% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,264 | $1,193 | 28.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $3,825 | $1,109 | 29.0% |
| G2066 | Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | Office | 2023 | 19 | 21 | $2,541 | $926.49 | 36.5% |
| 93623 | Programming of heart rhythm stimulation after drug infusion | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $13,538 | $854.70 | 6.3% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 19 | $2,052 | $734.17 | 35.8% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $2,673 | $691.46 | 25.9% |
| 93298 | Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 19 | 21 | $2,268 | $356.04 | 15.7% |
| 93244 | Heart rhythm review, and interpretation of continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days | Office | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $1,260 | $250.18 | 19.9% |
| 93656 | Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $92,211 | $18,328 | 19.9% |
About Dr. Daniel Friedman, M.D
Dr. Daniel Friedman, M.D is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Durham, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/08/2010. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1316267883.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Daniel Friedman, M.D has received a total of $156,922 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $62,363 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 296 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($56,700).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Friedman has provided services to 2,628 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,970 services with total Medicare billing of $229,883. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 73 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
- Other Specialties Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location Durham, NC
- Active Since 06/08/2010
- Last Updated 08/06/2025
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1316267883
Products in Payments
- FLEXABILITY (Device) $17,446
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED (Device) $16,942
- GALLANT (Device) $11,836
- INGEVITY MRI (Device) $7,571
- CRM Product (Device) $7,424
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $6,038
- GENERAL BRADY (Device) $5,000
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $4,474
- WATCHMAN (Device) $3,777
- Therapy Ablation Catheter (Device) $3,701
- ENSITE (Device) $3,562
- MULTAQ (Drug) $3,408
- INGEVITY+ (Device) $2,325
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $2,073
- CRT-Ds (Device) $1,136
- Claria MRI (Device) $450.74
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $424.00
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) $260.04
- Performa (Device) $217.43
- Micra (Device) $203.75
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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