Payment Breakdown by Category
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 | $57,588 | 34 | 47.5% |
| Consulting Fee | $33,813 | 23 | 27.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $15,673 | 56 | 12.9% |
| Food and Beverage | $14,163 | 307 | 11.7% |
| Education | $7.08 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $48,351 | 75 | $0 (2021) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $36,816 | 82 | $0 (2024) |
| Lilly USA, LLC | $19,357 | 34 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $8,478 | 45 | $0 (2020) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $2,352 | 45 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $2,100 | 24 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,035 | 26 | $0 (2024) |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $529.36 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $399.27 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $340.50 | 5 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,987 | 56 | ATRICURE, INC. ($3,560) |
| 2023 | $2,058 | 58 | Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. ($477.94) |
| 2022 | $4,036 | 49 | AtriCure, Inc. ($1,538) |
| 2021 | $21,007 | 43 | ATRICURE, INC. ($17,327) |
| 2020 | $14,406 | 23 | ATRICURE, INC. ($6,088) |
| 2019 | $37,935 | 106 | Lilly USA, LLC ($13,182) |
| 2018 | $23,301 | 47 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($17,653) |
| 2017 | $13,513 | 39 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($11,074) |
All Payment Transactions
421 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 17
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/16/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5044) MCOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.34 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.43 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | BodyGuardian (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.35 | General |
| Category: CDS - Holter Monitoring_RM | ||||||
| 11/29/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $105.97 | General |
| Category: Pacemakers | ||||||
| 11/26/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.18 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.97 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.10 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $164.62 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LEQVIO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.63 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5044) MCOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.37 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | BodyGuardian (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.28 | General |
| Category: CDS - BG Mini_RM | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | PFIZER INC. | VYNDAQEL (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.85 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.33 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SQ-RX PULSE GENERATOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $8.66 | General |
| Category: SQ-RX_CRM | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.25 | General |
| 09/30/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5044) MCOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $17.45 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 09/29/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | SELECTSECURE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $135.36 | General |
| Category: Leads | ||||||
| 09/27/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LEQVIO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.63 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 09/04/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5044) MCOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $14.89 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | JOT DX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $99.95 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
| 08/26/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (5050) Extended Holter (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.28 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 08/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | MICRA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.36 | General |
| Category: Pacemakers | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | PULSESELECT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.19 | General |
| Category: Ablation | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,000.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 08/05/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | AVEIR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $99.99 | General |
| Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43 | 2,868 | 3,747 | $1.0M | $364,553 |
| 2022 | 38 | 2,179 | 2,885 | $780,940 | $289,780 |
| 2021 | 32 | 2,305 | 2,748 | $347,281 | $112,738 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,410 | 4,801 | $576,218 | $182,424 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
152 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 7
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33285 | Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin | Office | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $281,164 | $100,889 | 35.9% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 260 | 367 | $103,127 | $37,402 | 36.3% |
| 33208 | Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode | Facility | 2023 | 47 | 47 | $53,016 | $20,336 | 38.4% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 141 | 148 | $42,886 | $15,845 | 36.9% |
| 33249 | Insertion of implantable defibrillator system | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $37,867 | $14,495 | 38.3% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 73 | 73 | $35,259 | $12,607 | 35.8% |
| 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 | 16 | 16 | $38,320 | $12,592 | 32.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 74 | 86 | $33,970 | $11,779 | 34.7% |
| 93296 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 386 | 575 | $31,625 | $10,508 | 33.2% |
| 93290 | Evaluation of implantable heart and blood vessel monitoring system | Office | 2023 | 163 | 234 | $29,718 | $9,947 | 33.5% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 110 | 149 | $23,096 | $9,610 | 41.6% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $23,604 | $9,029 | 38.3% |
| 93294 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 255 | 380 | $24,700 | $8,469 | 34.3% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 86 | 130 | $24,180 | $8,288 | 34.3% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 57 | 57 | $24,054 | $8,181 | 34.0% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 65 | 65 | $23,550 | $7,867 | 33.4% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 64 | 78 | $18,018 | $6,547 | 36.3% |
| 33225 | Insertion of left lower heart electrode for pacemaker or defibrillator | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $17,068 | $6,522 | 38.2% |
| 93288 | Evaluation of single, dual, multiple lead or leadless pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 117 | 131 | $17,554 | $6,180 | 35.2% |
| 93295 | Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system, remote up to 90 days | Office | 2023 | 133 | 198 | $16,038 | $5,637 | 35.1% |
| 93298 | Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 121 | 221 | $12,597 | $4,492 | 35.7% |
| 93289 | Evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | Office | 2023 | 59 | 71 | $11,999 | $4,352 | 36.3% |
| 93284 | Programming of multiple lead implantable defibrillator system | Office | 2023 | 31 | 46 | $11,224 | $4,047 | 36.1% |
| 92960 | External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 45 | $10,530 | $3,860 | 36.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 55 | 57 | $11,400 | $3,783 | 33.2% |
About Dr. Michael Link, MD
Dr. Michael Link, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Galloway, New Jersey. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/21/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1477617710.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Link, MD has received a total of $121,243 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $4,987 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 421 transactions from 36 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" ($57,588).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Link has provided services to 10,762 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 14,181 services with total Medicare billing of $949,495. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 152 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Location Galloway, NJ
- Active Since 12/21/2006
- Last Updated 06/14/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1477617710
Products in Payments
- JARDIANCE (Drug) $67,556
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $21,962
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS (Device) $7,384
- Arctic Front (Device) $3,821
- WATCHMAN (Device) $1,580
- AVEIR (Device) $1,290
- Micra (Device) $831.17
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $760.93
- ATRICLIP PRO2 (Device) $619.50
- OPTIMIZER (Device) $477.94
- MICRA (Device) $448.32
- Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax, Models (Device) $270.90
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $256.75
- CARTO 3 (Device) $246.31
- Rivacor 7 DR-T (Device) $213.77
- ENSITE PRECISION (Device) $201.09
- ASSURITY (Device) $193.26
- LifeVest (Device) $188.37
- AtriCure Synergy Ablation System (Device) $164.42
- Capsure (Device) $158.19
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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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