Physician profile
Austin Howard
NPI 1417394172
$46,664.06
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
30 companies · $6,135 in 2025
The $6,135 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,477).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $3,489 · 2020: $11K · 2021: $7,160 · 2022: $15K · 2023: $1,612 · 2024: $2,177 · 2025: $6,135.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Food and Beverage: $5,633 · Travel and Lodging: $3,792 · Consulting Fee: $500.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $5,632.57 |
| Travel and Lodging | $3,791.59 |
| Consulting Fee | $500.00 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $10,855.48 | 2019-2025 | Aveir, Gallant, Jot Dx |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $10,113.48 | 2019-2025 | Emblem Mri S-Icd, Farapulse, Lux-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor |
| Biosense Webster, INC. | $6,270.47 | 2019-2025 | Carto 3, Qdot Micro Catheter, Octaray Mapping Catheter |
| Medtronic, INC. | $6,183.89 | 2021-2025 | Evera Mri Xt Dr Surescan, Aurora Ev-Icd Mri Surescan, Pulseselect |
| Biotronik INC. | $4,648.01 | 2019-2023 | Acticor 7 Vr-T Dx |
| Medtronic Vascular, INC. | $3,222.61 | 2019-2020 | |
| Medical Device Business Services, INC. | $1,695.15 | 2020-2022 | |
| Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) | $693.49 | 2019-2021 | |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC | $444.50 | 2019-2022 | |
| Atricure, INC. | $356.91 | 2023-2024 | |
| Abiomed | $347.55 | 2019-2024 | Impella |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) INC. | $290.34 | 2022 | |
| Astellas Pharma US INC | $249.72 | 2019-2021 | |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, INC. | $199.77 | 2019-2021 | |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $165.55 | 2019-2021 |
Show all 30 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylis Medical Company INC | $161.16 | 2019 | |
| Amgen INC. | $130.79 | 2019-2021 | |
| Pfizer INC. | $91.32 | 2019-2021 | |
| Chiesi USA, INC. | $82.32 | 2020-2022 | |
| Shockwave Medical, INC | $74.85 | 2025 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $73.92 | 2023-2024 | Vistaseal, Dermabond, Stratafix |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $56.40 | 2019-2022 | |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | $54.04 | 2019-2020 | |
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC | $42.05 | 2022 | |
| Irhythm Technologies, INC. | $37.29 | 2024 | Zio Xt Patch, Zio Monitor |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. | $34.33 | 2021 | |
| Philips North America LLC | $25.78 | 2019 | |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $24.04 | 2024 | Camzyos |
| Elutia, INC. | $23.12 | 2023 | |
| Heartflow, INC. | $15.73 | 2019 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.