Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD

NPI: 1679723175
Total Payments
$596,248
2024 Payments
$112,501
Companies
65
Transactions
1,323
Medicare Patients
259
Medicare Billing
$148,799

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$330,441 (55.4%)
Travel$109,406 (18.3%)
Consulting$78,345 (13.1%)
Food & Beverage$67,783 (11.4%)
Education$8,555 (1.4%)
Research$1,686 (0.3%)
Gifts$31.40 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Honoraria $253,208 67 42.5%
Travel and Lodging $109,406 216 18.3%
Consulting Fee $78,345 26 13.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $70,034 25 11.7%
Food and Beverage $67,783 975 11.4%
Education $8,555 7 1.4%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $7,200 1 1.2%
Unspecified $1,686 5 0.3%
Gift $31.40 1 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$594,562
1,318 transactions
Research
$1,686
5 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABIOMED $333,663 475 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $110,531 253 $0 (2024)
LivaNova USA, Inc. $35,549 50 $0 (2024)
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $24,117 52 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $15,533 48 $0 (2024)
ATRICURE, INC. $14,470 115 $0 (2024)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14,147 50 $0 (2024)
Corcym Inc $11,944 10 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $5,275 61 $0 (2020)
Baxter Healthcare $4,916 13 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $112,501 217 ABIOMED ($39,536)
2023 $70,493 167 Abbott Laboratories ($31,163)
2022 $29,558 149 ABIOMED ($20,128)
2021 $94,246 164 ABIOMED ($83,652)
2020 $68,663 107 Abbott Laboratories ($40,119)
2019 $77,359 166 ABIOMED ($42,886)
2018 $71,999 173 ABIOMED ($48,380)
2017 $71,430 180 ABIOMED ($61,677)

All Payment Transactions

1,323 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 53

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/23/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $120.11 General
Category: Structural Heart
12/20/2024 CVRx, Inc. Barostim Neo System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $477.95 General
Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension
12/20/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $87.55 General
Category: Electrophysiology
12/18/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (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 $4,050.00 General
Category: Structural Heart
12/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. PENDITURE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.13 General
Category: Ablation
12/12/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $164.80 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $57.42 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/11/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.77 General
Category: Heart Valves
12/09/2024 Teleflex LLC MANTA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $162.14 General
Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS
12/06/2024 ATRICURE, INC. EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,000.00 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
12/06/2024 Abbott Laboratories MITRACLIP (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.06 General
Category: Vascular
12/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIMULUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.64 General
Category: Heart Valves
12/04/2024 Corcym Inc PERCEVAL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $150.14 General
Category: PERICARDIAL SURGICAL HEART VALVE
12/04/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $146.17 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/02/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.85 General
Category: Structural Heart
12/02/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.52 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/27/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $139.68 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/19/2024 Abbott Laboratories SENSITHERM MULTI (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.87 General
Category: Electrophysiology
11/19/2024 Abbott Laboratories ADVISOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.73 General
Category: Electrophysiology
11/14/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.35 General
Category: Heart Valves
11/14/2024 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.36 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/13/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $64.95 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/13/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.94 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/13/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.55 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $3,000.00 General
Category: Structural Heart

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
IDE Study CARMAT $1,437 4
Shock Working Group ABIOMED $249.00 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 1 18 18 $6,822 $2,329
2022 2 29 29 $111,226 $24,681
2021 5 109 111 $218,980 $54,291
2020 6 103 105 $303,691 $67,498
Total Patients
259
Total Services
263
Medicare Billing
$148,799
Procedure Codes
14

All Medicare Procedures & Services

14 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 18 18 $6,822 $2,329 34.1%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 15 15 $105,920 $22,758 21.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 14 14 $5,306 $1,923 36.2%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 32 32 $193,910 $47,262 24.4%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Facility 2021 28 28 $11,921 $3,174 26.6%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Facility 2021 13 13 $7,398 $2,095 28.3%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Facility 2021 15 17 $4,646 $1,478 31.8%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2021 21 21 $1,105 $282.03 25.5%
33533 Heart artery bypass to repair one artery Facility 2020 28 28 $170,268 $42,649 25.0%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure Facility 2020 15 15 $110,655 $18,832 17.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes Facility 2020 16 16 $8,768 $2,309 26.3%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes Facility 2020 19 19 $7,961 $2,153 27.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes Facility 2020 13 15 $5,415 $1,386 25.6%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2020 12 12 $624.00 $169.57 27.2%

About Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD

Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 09/22/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1679723175.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Danny Ramzy, MD has received a total of $596,248 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $112,501 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,323 transactions from 65 companies. The most common payment nature is "Honoraria" ($253,208).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ramzy has provided services to 259 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 263 services with total Medicare billing of $148,799. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 14 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Other Specialties Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Location Houston, TX
  • Active Since 09/22/2008
  • Last Updated 02/01/2023
  • Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1679723175

Products in Payments

  • Impella (Device) $333,557
  • Trifecta Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $35,604
  • EPIC (Device) $32,114
  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $19,967
  • Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $16,711
  • TandemLife (Device) $13,528
  • PERCEVAL (Device) $11,944
  • ESSENZ (Device) $10,460
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $9,842
  • CP5 (Device) $8,000
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $6,649
  • Tri-Ad (Device) $6,164
  • SIMULUS (Device) $6,102
  • Aortic Tissue Valve - Perceval (Device) $5,358
  • PREVELEAK (Device) $4,631
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $4,215
  • DA VINCI SP (Device) $4,150
  • AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $3,873
  • THORATEC PVAD, CANNULA TUNNELER (Device) $3,600
  • LifeVest (Device) $3,474

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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