Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $41,600 | 16 | 58.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $18,648 | 51 | 26.2% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $6,250 | 5 | 8.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $4,734 | 54 | 6.6% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $50,320 | 58 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $8,434 | 20 | $0 (2024) |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $7,107 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $3,178 | 21 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $1,958 | 10 | $0 (2020) |
| Cortex, Inc. | $172.23 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $63.28 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21,526 | 22 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($21,148) |
| 2023 | $1,629 | 10 | Abbott Laboratories ($1,607) |
| 2022 | $21,679 | 40 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($13,584) |
| 2021 | $5,745 | 11 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($3,245) |
| 2020 | $3,150 | 3 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($2,250) |
| 2019 | $6,881 | 10 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($6,765) |
| 2018 | $9,237 | 24 | Biosense Webster, Inc. ($6,339) |
| 2017 | $1,386 | 6 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($1,386) |
All Payment Transactions
126 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 6
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,400.00 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_IC | ||||||
| 08/01/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $700.00 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_CRM | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN FLX (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,875.00 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN FLX_IC | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN FLX (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $625.00 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN FLX_IC | ||||||
| 07/18/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN FLX (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $178.00 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN FLX_IC | ||||||
| 06/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $148.86 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $605.57 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $212.80 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $207.03 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.68 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN Access System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $35.92 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN_IC | ||||||
| 05/28/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | LARIAT RS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.87 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 05/16/2024 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | NA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.15 | General |
| Category: Ultrasound Catheters | ||||||
| 05/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,875.00 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 04/20/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $920.31 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 04/20/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $139.61 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 04/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $508.44 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 04/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $301.43 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 04/19/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $265.09 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_CRM | ||||||
| 02/27/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ABSOLUTE PRO (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.67 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 02/01/2024 | Cortex, Inc. | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $172.23 | General |
| 01/31/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PULSESELECT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $72.35 | General |
| Category: Ablation | ||||||
| 12/11/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $194.39 | General |
| 12/11/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ACCULINK (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $176.75 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/11/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | ARCHITECT (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $166.75 | General |
| Category: CORE DIAGNOSTICS | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 456 | 516 | $464,615 | $66,097 |
| 2022 | 13 | 430 | 507 | $419,415 | $65,072 |
| 2021 | 13 | 404 | 477 | $383,045 | $58,264 |
| 2020 | 9 | 300 | 347 | $238,585 | $38,317 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
50 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 35 | $159,600 | $15,696 | 9.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 143 | 168 | $63,000 | $12,793 | 20.3% |
| 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 | 14 | 14 | $85,050 | $11,235 | 13.2% |
| 33208 | Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $38,640 | $5,220 | 13.5% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 45 | 45 | $21,150 | $4,842 | 22.9% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 65 | $16,250 | $4,347 | 26.8% |
| 93655 | Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $29,965 | $3,375 | 11.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 40 | $10,200 | $2,127 | 20.9% |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 24 | $6,000 | $1,646 | 27.4% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 15 | $7,425 | $1,628 | 21.9% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 28 | $7,420 | $809.12 | 10.9% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,345 | $771.21 | 17.7% |
| 93283 | Programming of dual lead implantable defibrillator system | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 18 | $7,110 | $754.40 | 10.6% |
| 93284 | Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 15 | $5,925 | $715.96 | 12.1% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,535 | $137.15 | 5.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 164 | 200 | $75,000 | $15,512 | 20.7% |
| 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 | 16 | 16 | $97,200 | $15,125 | 15.6% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $125,350 | $12,701 | 10.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 39 | 40 | $18,800 | $4,548 | 24.2% |
| 93655 | Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $32,270 | $3,683 | 11.4% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 32 | 58 | $14,500 | $3,521 | 24.3% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 23 | 25 | $12,375 | $2,780 | 22.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 20 | 20 | $11,500 | $2,285 | 19.9% |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $5,250 | $1,217 | 23.2% |
| 93284 | Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 20 | $7,900 | $1,042 | 13.2% |
About Dr. James Freeman, M.D
Dr. James Freeman, M.D is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in New Haven, Connecticut. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/23/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1033244587.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. James Freeman, M.D has received a total of $71,232 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $21,526 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 126 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($41,600).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Freeman has provided services to 1,590 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,847 services with total Medicare billing of $227,751. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 50 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location New Haven, CT
- Active Since 02/23/2007
- Last Updated 07/19/2013
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1033244587
Products in Payments
- WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $13,044
- WATCHMAN (Device) $9,607
- WATCHMAN FLX (Device) $7,678
- Carto 3 System (Device) $6,172
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $2,165
- AVEIR (Device) $2,057
- General - Therapies (Device) $1,900
- INGEVITY (Device) $1,799
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $1,316
- Micra (Device) $957.73
- Carto 3 (Device) $700.00
- GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $679.84
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $350.17
- ACCULINK (Device) $176.75
- ARCHITECT (Device) $175.82
- AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) $171.93
- Carto Smarttouch (Device) $134.87
- Evera (Device) $82.30
- PULSESELECT (Device) $72.35
- NA (Device) $56.15
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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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