Abbas Abbas, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Providence, RINPI 1285684092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.3%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 45.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $86,823 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $33,843 in 2025.
Across 248 payments — averaging $540.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$60K
- Covidien LP$17K
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Medtronic$16K
- CMR Surgical, Inc.$9K
- Merck$7K
- plus $9K from 14 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $11,241 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Covidien LP$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,07819%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,01034%
- Travel & lodging$16,50912%
- Food & beverage$12,80710%
- Education$32,72624%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 99 | $60,315 |
| Covidien LP | 13 | $16,853 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $16,411 |
| Medtronic | 71 | $16,324 |
| CMR Surgical, Inc. | 13 | $8,729 |
| Merck | 5 | $6,977 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $4,917 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $1,029 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 10 | $816 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 2 | $436 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $223 |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 1 | $162 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $152 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $132 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $21 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$58,401
- superDimension$9,074
- EXPECT$8,965
- Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus)$8,336
- KEYTRUDA$6,977
- WALLFLEX$6,375
- TAGRISSO$4,795
- ENDO GIA ULTRA$1,654
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$828
- MONARCH$702
- Signia$594
- Cytalux$436
- LigaSure$434
- Polysorb$300
- Photofrin$224
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$181
- TA$174
- GALAXY$162
- HEMOBLAST$152
- Endo GIA$145
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Providence
- Frank SellkeProvidence$27K
- Ashraf SabeProvidence$24K
- Mark CunninghamProvidence$12K
- Haley LeesleyProvidence$11K
- Laura ScrimgeourProvidence$9K
- Hana AjouzProvidence$4K
- Kaushik MandalProvidence$3K
- Anthony MoultonProvidence$1K
- Siyamek Neragi-MiandoabProvidence$1K
- Arun SinghProvidence$249
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.