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Epic

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Epic. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$688Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
1,581clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $167K
2024 $271K
2025 $250K

Payments reported as associated with Epic, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $505K
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $31K
Surgery $27K
Interventional Cardiology $17K
Surgical $17K
Physician Assistant $15K

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Epic

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Epic. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Edward Soltesz Cleveland, OH Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $74,970.13
Danny Ramzy Houston, TX Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $37,627.26
Zhen-Yu Tong Cleveland, OH Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $33,249.94
Chirag Barbhaiya New York, NY Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $25,472.72
Leonard Lee Hackensack, NJ Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $22,153.28
Alan Marc Gillinov Cleveland, OH Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $17,373.80
Evelio Rodriguez Nashville, TN Surgery $16,903.94
Vinayak Bapat Minneapolis, MN Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $13,064.48
Hao Fang Phoenix, AZ Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $10,804.20
Vinod Thourani Marietta, GA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $9,147.59

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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.