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Dr. Michael A. Schechter, MD

Interventional Cardiology (Interventional Cardiology Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
13
In the NPI registry since
2013
Medicare patients seen, 2024
1,459

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2013Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Interventional Cardiology Physician primary
    FL license ME143995
  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
    FL license ME143995

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Interventional Cardiology per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
1,459
Services billed
5,479
Patients’ average age
80
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes1,316645
Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function637599
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes484240
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes469266
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report288282
Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose244122
Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg22857
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes220209
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes176176
Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician142129

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 15 companies reported 46 payments worth $3,001 in total to this clinician.

By type
Food and Beverage$2,039
Travel and Lodging$961

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Sep 8, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Sep 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$347
Nov 13, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Nov 13, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$291
Sep 11, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Sep 11, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$245
Sep 11, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Sep 11, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$36.59
Sep 11, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Sep 11, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$33.33
Sep 11, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Sep 11, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TRICLIP · Structural Heart · travel to Austin, TX · in-kind
$9.02

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Florida →

Other Interventional Cardiology clinicians in Boca Raton

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated May 11, 2020), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1801231311. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.