Total Payments
$121,414
2024 Payments
$7,325
Companies
17
Transactions
779
Medicare Patients
3,243
Medicare Billing
$368,120

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$75,840 (62.5%)
Food & Beverage$24,340 (20.0%)
Travel$19,134 (15.8%)
Consulting$2,100 (1.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $70,800 31 58.3%
Food and Beverage $24,340 698 20.0%
Travel and Lodging $19,134 43 15.8%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $4,200 4 3.5%
Consulting Fee $2,100 1 1.7%
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program $840.00 2 0.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $72,018 70 $0 (2020)
Abbott Laboratories $25,532 563 $0 (2024)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $8,305 3 $0 (2022)
BIOTRONIK INC. $7,344 62 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $3,169 28 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $2,579 17 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $823.07 12 $0 (2019)
Volta Medical Inc $448.25 6 $0 (2024)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $386.93 5 $0 (2024)
Biosense Webster, Inc. $373.64 4 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $7,325 70 Abbott Laboratories ($5,135)
2023 $10,636 95 Abbott Laboratories ($5,709)
2022 $15,150 82 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. ($8,305)
2021 $2,082 52 Abbott Laboratories ($1,675)
2020 $2,893 70 BIOTRONIK INC. ($1,957)
2019 $16,585 95 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc ($13,983)
2018 $20,217 134 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc ($17,524)
2017 $46,525 181 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc ($40,479)

All Payment Transactions

779 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 32

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/19/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $111.17 General
Category: Pacemakers
12/09/2024 Abbott Laboratories PERCLOSE PROSTYLE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.38 General
Category: Vascular
12/06/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.44 General
Category: Electrophysiology
11/13/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $105.84 General
Category: Cardiovascular
11/07/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $125.08 General
Category: Implant Cardio Defib - ICDs
10/30/2024 BIOTRONIK INC. Acticor 7 VR-T DX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $94.67 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/11/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: Electrophysiology
10/05/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $143.37 General
Category: Cardiovascular
10/04/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $26.36 General
Category: Cardiovascular
10/04/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.63 General
Category: Cardiovascular
10/04/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.75 General
Category: Cardiovascular
10/01/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBLEM MRI S-ICD (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.12 General
Category: EMBLEM_CRM
08/30/2024 Abbott Laboratories AVEIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $179.35 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
08/19/2024 Abbott Laboratories GALLANT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $161.13 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
08/13/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $117.45 General
Category: Electrophysiology
07/30/2024 ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) LifeVest (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.90 General
Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
07/29/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $175.72 General
Category: Electrophysiology
07/26/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.42 General
Category: Electrophysiology
07/23/2024 Baxter Healthcare Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.12 General
Category: Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring
07/17/2024 Volta Medical Inc VX1 (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $133.30 General
Category: Cardiovascular
07/11/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $75.39 General
Category: General - Therapies_EP
07/11/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $56.60 General
Category: General - Therapies_EP
06/04/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (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 $1,100.00 General
Category: Electrophysiology
06/04/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE (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 $550.00 General
Category: Electrophysiology
06/03/2024 Abbott Laboratories ENSITE PRECISION (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.70 General
Category: Electrophysiology

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 18 821 1,058 $455,273 $84,426
2022 17 728 969 $395,100 $81,716
2021 20 820 1,288 $479,432 $98,945
2020 23 874 1,383 $481,408 $103,033
Total Patients
3,243
Total Services
4,698
Medicare Billing
$368,120
Procedure Codes
81

All Medicare Procedures & Services

81 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

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 19 20 $95,848 $15,223 15.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2023 192 222 $53,010 $14,507 27.4%
93653 Comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality of upper chamber of heart causing supraventricular tachycardia (rapid heart rate) Facility 2023 20 21 $76,766 $14,171 18.5%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 104 104 $47,884 $13,197 27.6%
93655 Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm Facility 2023 16 24 $44,213 $5,937 13.4%
93295 Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days Facility 2023 76 143 $34,606 $3,568 10.3%
92960 External shock to heart to regulate heart beat Facility 2023 35 41 $26,650 $3,459 13.0%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2023 28 28 $9,020 $2,935 32.5%
93294 Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system, remote up to 90 days Facility 2023 77 131 $17,423 $2,556 14.7%
93280 Programming of dual lead pacemaker system Facility 2023 48 59 $9,202 $1,648 17.9%
93284 Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system Facility 2023 27 35 $8,960 $1,471 16.4%
93298 Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days Facility 2023 14 61 $7,564 $1,073 14.2%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 11 11 $2,541 $1,028 40.4%
93283 Programming of dual lead implantable defibrillator system Facility 2023 21 23 $5,980 $910.36 15.2%
93272 Electrocardiogram (ecg) up to 30 days continuous with symptom monitoring, transmission and review and report by health care professional Facility 2023 42 42 $4,354 $786.66 18.1%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2023 16 16 $2,560 $771.54 30.1%
93227 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional Facility 2023 53 54 $5,886 $737.11 12.5%
93248 Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days Facility 2023 22 23 $2,806 $447.83 16.0%
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 22 25 $116,550 $22,721 19.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Facility 2022 192 225 $53,235 $15,076 28.3%
33340 Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist Facility 2022 13 13 $28,158 $8,509 30.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2022 63 63 $29,041 $8,448 29.1%
93655 Insertion of catheters and destruction of tissue to treat abnormal heart rhythm Facility 2022 16 28 $49,532 $7,285 14.7%
93295 Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days Facility 2022 75 132 $31,944 $3,491 10.9%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Facility 2022 26 27 $8,703 $2,734 31.4%

About Dr. Michael Bernard, MD

Dr. Michael Bernard, MD is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in New Orleans, Louisiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/04/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1396892287.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Bernard, MD has received a total of $121,414 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $7,325 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 779 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($70,800).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Bernard has provided services to 3,243 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,698 services with total Medicare billing of $368,120. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 81 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • XARELTO (Drug) $72,018
  • MAGNETOM Free.Max (Device) $8,305
  • ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $5,688
  • ENSITE (Device) $5,091
  • CARDIOMEMS (Device) $2,625
  • Ensite Cardiac Mapping System (Device) $1,853
  • ADVISOR (Device) $1,575
  • EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System (Device) $1,352
  • Cardiac Mapping System (Device) $1,145
  • CRT-Ds (Device) $750.78
  • Acticor 7 VR-T DX (Device) $557.56
  • TactiCath Quartz CFA Catheter (Device) $533.63
  • MICRA (Device) $487.63
  • VX1 (Device) $448.25
  • TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED (Device) $437.70
  • AVEIR (Device) $396.30
  • LifeVest (Device) $386.93
  • AMPLATZER Vascular Plugs (Device) $382.90
  • ICDs (Device) $365.84
  • Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator (Device) $361.17

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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