Dr. Robert Dowling, M.D

NPI: 1023065018
Total Payments
$78,904
2024 Payments
$43,203
Companies
21
Transactions
162
Medicare Patients
167
Medicare Billing
$73,016

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$45,950 (58.2%)
Travel$24,457 (31.0%)
Food & Beverage$6,246 (7.9%)
Research$2,000 (2.5%)
Consulting$250.00 (0.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Honoraria $45,950 15 58.2%
Travel and Lodging $24,457 33 31.0%
Food and Beverage $6,246 111 7.9%
Unspecified $2,000 2 2.5%
Consulting Fee $250.00 1 0.3%

Payments by Type

General
$76,904
160 transactions
Research
$2,000
2 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ABIOMED $65,229 56 $0 (2024)
SynCardia Systems, LLC $6,000 6 $0 (2018)
Abbott Laboratories $3,139 42 $0 (2024)
TransMedics, Inc. $2,162 3 $0 (2024)
ATRICURE, INC. $1,168 28 $0 (2024)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $282.28 2 $0 (2019)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $194.73 2 $0 (2022)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $157.91 3 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $152.09 4 $0 (2024)
Baxter Healthcare $116.25 2 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $43,203 26 ABIOMED ($40,658)
2023 $6,233 20 ABIOMED ($5,468)
2022 $7,552 29 ABIOMED ($5,853)
2021 $8,087 21 ABIOMED ($7,536)
2020 $335.77 9 Abbott Laboratories ($105.14)
2019 $1,331 15 ABIOMED ($646.08)
2018 $6,101 28 SynCardia Systems, LLC ($4,000)
2017 $6,061 14 ABIOMED ($4,061)

All Payment Transactions

162 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/19/2024 Teleflex LLC MANTA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.49 General
Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS
11/12/2024 TransMedics, Inc. Organ Care System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $1,126.54 General
Category: Device
11/05/2024 TransMedics, Inc. Organ Care System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $531.33 General
Category: Device
11/05/2024 TransMedics, Inc. Organ Care System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $504.18 General
Category: Device
10/25/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.35 General
Category: Heart Failure
09/07/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $8,400.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/07/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $598.96 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/07/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $270.28 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/06/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.30 General
08/28/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $11,766.30 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/28/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $611.59 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/28/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $11.27 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/15/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $8,400.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/15/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $992.80 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
05/23/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $70.99 General
Category: Heart Failure
05/20/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.89 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
04/26/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $87.43 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
04/25/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Honoraria Cash or cash equivalent $7,200.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
04/25/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $519.08 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
04/25/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $314.00 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
03/07/2024 Legacy Ortho LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.40 General
03/05/2024 Abbott Laboratories CARDIOMEMS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $163.57 General
Category: Heart Failure
03/05/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $25.04 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/15/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $906.71 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/15/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $554.60 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
SYNCARDIA 50CC TEMPORARY TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART TAH-T AS A BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANT BTT SynCardia Systems, LLC $2,000 2

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 3 64 64 $67,778 $15,304
2022 1 14 14 $48,438 $8,264
2021 2 32 33 $137,387 $18,357
2020 4 57 58 $244,785 $31,091
Total Patients
167
Total Services
169
Medicare Billing
$73,016
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 16 16 $49,904 $9,466 19.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 34 34 $17,272 $5,661 32.8%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 14 14 $602.00 $176.96 29.4%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 14 14 $48,438 $8,264 17.1%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 15 15 $135,952 $18,140 13.3%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2021 17 18 $1,435 $217.59 15.2%
33533 Heart artery bypass to repair one artery Facility 2020 19 19 $164,080 $21,378 13.0%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 11 11 $60,555 $6,793 11.2%
33990 Insertion of lower heart chamber blood flow assist device through the skin including radiological supervision and interpretation Facility 2020 11 12 $18,879 $2,714 14.4%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2020 16 16 $1,271 $205.91 16.2%

About Dr. Robert Dowling, M.D

Dr. Robert Dowling, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Cincinnati, Ohio. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1023065018.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Dowling, M.D has received a total of $78,904 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $43,203 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 162 transactions from 21 companies. The most common payment nature is "Honoraria" ($45,950).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Dowling has provided services to 167 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 169 services with total Medicare billing of $73,016. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 10 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Impella (Device) $65,229
  • The SynCardia Total Artificial Heart (Device) $6,000
  • Organ Care System (Device) $2,162
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $1,354
  • HeartMate II LVAS (Device) $863.56
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $299.60
  • Product in Development (Device) $282.28
  • HeartMate (Device) $276.16
  • ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) (Device) $266.35
  • ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $248.13
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $242.97
  • LifeVest (Device) $194.73
  • CARDIOMEMS (Device) $163.57
  • Mosaic (Device) $160.72
  • ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $153.50
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $115.72
  • Epic Stented Tissue Valve (Device) $105.14
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $100.05
  • MANTA (Device) $61.49
  • ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $47.07

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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