Total Payments
$89,503
2024 Payments
$5,339
Companies
16
Transactions
127
Medicare Patients
661
Medicare Billing
$219,979

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$45,979 (51.4%)
Research$33,514 (37.4%)
Travel$5,524 (6.2%)
Food & Beverage$3,737 (4.2%)
Other$750.00 (0.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $45,979 20 51.4%
Unspecified $33,514 32 37.4%
Travel and Lodging $5,524 20 6.2%
Food and Beverage $3,737 53 4.2%
Honoraria $750.00 2 0.8%

Payments by Type

General
$55,989
95 transactions
Research
$33,514
32 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Octapharma USA, Inc. $33,514 32 $0 (2023)
Stryker Corporation $21,614 18 $0 (2021)
Mallinckrodt LLC $12,705 6 $0 (2017)
Allergan, Inc. $9,667 6 $0 (2021)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $7,043 22 $0 (2024)
Becton, Dickinson and Company $1,371 7 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $847.64 10 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $764.72 11 $0 (2019)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $575.00 1 $0 (2017)
Theravance Biopharma Inc. $500.00 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $5,339 13 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($3,738)
2023 $3,030 5 Octapharma USA, Inc. ($1,980)
2022 $1,185 4 Octapharma USA, Inc. ($1,150)
2021 $18,531 23 Stryker Corporation ($7,604)
2020 $9,888 12 Octapharma USA, Inc. ($8,535)
2019 $14,806 24 Octapharma USA, Inc. ($8,337)
2018 $15,548 16 Stryker Corporation ($9,472)
2017 $21,176 30 Mallinckrodt LLC ($12,705)

All Payment Transactions

127 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/15/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,650.00 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/17/2024 Davol Inc. Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $82.00 General
10/01/2024 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $148.04 General
Category: Structural Heart
09/05/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $106.58 General
Category: Surgery
09/05/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $64.42 General
Category: Surgery
08/29/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $140.84 General
Category: Surgery
08/26/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $144.55 General
Category: Surgery
08/25/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $253.58 General
Category: Surgery
08/14/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,100.00 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
08/02/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $64.45 General
Category: Surgery
07/10/2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $596.35 General
Category: Surgery
04/28/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $900.00 General
03/16/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $88.18 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/14/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $107.83 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/20/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $800.00 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
08/11/2023 Octapharma USA, Inc. Cash or cash equivalent $1,980.00 Research
Study: LEX-211
06/05/2023 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $127.65 General
Category: Structural Heart
01/31/2023 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.39 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
06/08/2022 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.99 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
03/15/2022 Octapharma USA, Inc. Cash or cash equivalent $574.98 Research
Study: LEX-209
02/03/2022 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.40 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
01/13/2022 Octapharma USA, Inc. Cash or cash equivalent $574.98 Research
Study: LEX-209
12/22/2021 Stryker Corporation DALL-MILES (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $5,800.00 General
Category: HIPS
12/22/2021 Stryker Corporation DALL-MILES (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $800.00 General
Category: HIPS
12/13/2021 Stryker Corporation NA (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $97.69 General
Category: CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
LEX-209 Octapharma USA, Inc. $31,534 31
LEX-211 Octapharma USA, Inc. $1,980 1

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 2 206 206 $856,120 $76,965
2022 2 185 185 $573,350 $56,607
2021 3 157 157 $520,510 $50,675
2020 3 113 113 $373,490 $35,732
Total Patients
661
Total Services
661
Medicare Billing
$219,979
Procedure Codes
10

All Medicare Procedures & Services

10 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 121 121 $843,370 $71,448 8.5%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Facility 2023 85 85 $12,750 $5,517 43.3%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 80 80 $557,600 $49,472 8.9%
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes Facility 2022 105 105 $15,750 $7,135 45.3%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 73 73 $508,810 $45,423 8.9%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Facility 2021 66 66 $9,900 $4,555 46.0%
99202 New patient outpatient visit, total time 15-29 minutes Facility 2021 18 18 $1,800 $696.49 38.7%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 53 53 $369,410 $34,220 9.3%
99201 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes Facility 2020 48 48 $2,880 $1,045 36.3%
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes Facility 2020 12 12 $1,200 $467.52 39.0%

About Dr. Frank Sellke, MD

Dr. Frank Sellke, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Providence, Rhode Island. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/18/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1457304859.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Frank Sellke, MD has received a total of $89,503 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $5,339 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 127 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($45,979).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sellke has provided services to 661 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 661 services with total Medicare billing of $219,979. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 10 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Location Providence, RI
  • Active Since 05/18/2006
  • Last Updated 05/25/2010
  • Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1457304859

Products in Payments

  • OCTAPLEX (Biological) $23,868
  • RECOTHROM (Biological) $9,276
  • NONE (Device) $8,523
  • DALL-MILES (Device) $6,600
  • PREVELEAK (Device) $3,429
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $2,949
  • NEURO/SPINE/ENT (Device) $2,400
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $1,481
  • Progel Applicator Spray Tips (Device) $1,371
  • MAXFACE (Device) $1,200
  • NA (Device) $1,004
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $954.86
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $888.18
  • COLORADO NEEDLE (Device) $800.00
  • NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (Device) $723.20
  • PRAXBIND (Drug) $575.00
  • INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve (Device) $450.00
  • Product in Development (Device) $300.00
  • EPIC (Device) $275.69
  • SURG - SYSTEM 8 (Device) $225.09

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.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Doctors in Providence