Total Payments
$2,893
2024 Payments
$432.55
Companies
14
Transactions
52
Medicare Patients
8,709
Medicare Billing
$1.0M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$2,893 (100.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,893 | 52 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,115 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $921.47 | 20 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $291.99 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $107.32 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $104.54 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| ABIOMED | $100.48 | 3 | $0 (2019) |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $82.92 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $57.10 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Philips Electronics North America Corporation | $42.84 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $19.78 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $432.55 | 9 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($337.93) |
| 2023 | $391.46 | 8 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($176.45) |
| 2022 | $66.86 | 3 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($66.86) |
| 2021 | $98.22 | 5 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($30.18) |
| 2020 | $122.01 | 2 | Abbott Laboratories ($103.71) |
| 2019 | $505.35 | 8 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($230.81) |
| 2018 | $986.01 | 14 | Abbott Laboratories ($593.10) |
| 2017 | $290.95 | 3 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($115.63) |
All Payment Transactions
52 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/17/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $57.10 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 09/22/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.58 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/08/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.26 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/19/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $181.82 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/19/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.43 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/27/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.28 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/18/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.52 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 03/28/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.85 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 02/08/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.71 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 12/14/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $83.85 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 12/12/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $164.23 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 08/31/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.31 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/17/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.07 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/20/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.86 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/30/2023 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.78 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 06/16/2023 | Boston Scientific Corporation | LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.00 | General |
| Category: LUX-Dx_CRM | ||||||
| 05/11/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.36 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 12/08/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.75 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 09/02/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.08 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/26/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.03 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/06/2021 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | FARXIGA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.44 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 08/27/2021 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.14 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 06/09/2021 | HeartFlow, Inc. | FFRct (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.92 | General |
| Category: Coronary | ||||||
| 06/03/2021 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | LUX DX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $30.18 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 03/17/2021 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | (8333) IGT D Coronary (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.54 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | 2,495 | 3,131 | $1.5M | $276,346 |
| 2022 | 29 | 2,334 | 2,873 | $1.4M | $261,855 |
| 2021 | 30 | 2,243 | 2,881 | $1.3M | $263,696 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,637 | 2,184 | $1.1M | $199,578 |
Total Patients
8,709
Total Services
11,069
Medicare Billing
$1.0M
Procedure Codes
134
All Medicare Procedures & Services
134 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 566 | 577 | $455,116 | $64,697 | 14.2% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 289 | 347 | $142,233 | $47,992 | 33.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 207 | 392 | $143,079 | $41,162 | 28.8% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 60 | 120 | $148,640 | $22,217 | 14.9% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 30 | 30 | $151,950 | $18,168 | 12.0% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 74 | 76 | $56,912 | $11,637 | 20.4% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 59 | 59 | $34,892 | $9,937 | 28.5% |
| 93351 | Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | Office | 2023 | 39 | 39 | $44,470 | $8,008 | 18.0% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 123 | 131 | $38,695 | $7,934 | 20.5% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 29 | $27,840 | $5,133 | 18.4% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 13 | $29,042 | $5,057 | 17.4% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 27 | $31,617 | $4,625 | 14.6% |
| 93297 | Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 26 | 206 | $20,806 | $4,523 | 21.7% |
| 93350 | Ultrasound of heart during rest, exercise and/or drug-induced stress with report | Office | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $25,368 | $2,601 | 10.3% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 192 | 202 | $22,419 | $2,380 | 10.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $12,175 | $2,345 | 19.3% |
| 93294 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 30 | 86 | $11,782 | $2,146 | 18.2% |
| 93296 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 32 | 92 | $14,409 | $2,095 | 14.5% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $8,213 | $1,955 | 23.8% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $9,988 | $1,648 | 16.5% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,668 | $1,341 | 28.7% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Office | 2023 | 200 | 200 | $12,200 | $1,330 | 10.9% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 14 | 16 | $5,454 | $1,062 | 19.5% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $5,258 | $1,035 | 19.7% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Office | 2023 | 78 | 78 | $19,551 | $1,015 | 5.2% |
About Dr. James Lai, MD
Dr. James Lai, MD is a Interventional Cardiology healthcare provider based in Oakland, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/30/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1407992001.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. James Lai, MD has received a total of $2,893 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $432.55 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 52 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($2,893).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Lai has provided services to 8,709 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 11,069 services with total Medicare billing of $1.0M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 134 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Interventional Cardiology
- Location Oakland, CA
- Active Since 01/30/2007
- Last Updated 05/16/2017
- Taxonomy Code 207RI0011X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1407992001
Products in Payments
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $561.21
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $458.54
- CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $312.42
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $302.68
- MITRACLIP (Device) $164.23
- GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $140.32
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $117.46
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $107.32
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $104.54
- Impella (Device) $100.48
- ROTABLATOR (Device) $90.49
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $57.58
- LifeVest (Device) $57.10
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE (Device) $37.52
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (Device) $31.00
- LUX DX (Device) $30.18
- Hi-Torque Whisper guide wire (Device) $24.92
- (8333) IGT D Coronary (Device) $24.54
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $19.78
- IGT D Coronary (Device) $18.30
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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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