Abdi Rasekh, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1376645515
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 597 payments — averaging $1220.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$231K
- Adagio Medical, Inc.$206K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$96K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$69K
- Abbott$54K
- Boston Scientific$50K
- plus $24K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,7508%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,50023%
- Travel & lodging$28,42538%
- Food & beverage$23,04531%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 50 | $230,957 |
| Adagio Medical, Inc. | 8 | $205,563 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 16 | $96,224 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 109 | $68,868 |
| Abbott | 125 | $53,602 |
| Boston Scientific | 92 | $49,570 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 116 | $17,826 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 1 | $1,640 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 10 | $1,106 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 4 | $851 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 5 | $537 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 6 | $488 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $203 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $173 |
| Novartis | 7 | $150 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $132 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $67 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $44 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Circa Scientific, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VersaCross Access Solution$5,000
- Rhythmia Mapping System$5,000
- Carto 3$3,899
- TactiCath Quartz CFA Catheter$2,500
- Farapulse$2,255
- AVEIR$2,109
- BRK EP Transseptal Access$2,000
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,750
- NRG needle$1,640
- LARIAT RS$1,576
- OPTIMIZER$1,218
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,030
- Cardiac Mapping System$1,007
- Thermocool SF$964
- Thermocool$789
- HeartLight System$697
- Carto 3 System$577
- AMPLATZER Occluders$515
- Barostim Neo System$445
- NA$406
How this compares
$728,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 112 | $135,517 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 23 | $32,435 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 20 | $26,075 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 43 | $2,459 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 96 | $1,856 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 75 | $1,705 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $1,117 |
| Ezetimibe | 12 | $977 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $758 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $729 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 63 | $673 |
| Losartan Potassium | 39 | $538 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 18 | $426 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 12 | $326 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 23 | $262 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $173 | $135,517112 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $44 | $32,43523 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $150 | $26,07520 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Houston
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- Ramesh HariharanHouston$793K
- Amir AzeemHouston$488K
- Mehdi RazaviHouston$390K
- Ilyas ColombowalaHouston$362K
- Ijeoma EkeruoHouston$353K
- John SegerHouston$300K
- Mihail CheluHouston$256K
- Jie ChengHouston$176K
- Nadim NasirHouston$162K
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.