Ahmad Aslam, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Tomball, TXNPI 1053311050
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.5% of the total across 211 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.0% of the total.
Across 211 payments — averaging $34.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Philips North America LLC$524
- Amgen$429
- Merck$363
- Novartis$253
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$194
- plus $1K from 24 others
Across 56 payments — averaging $8241.11 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.
- Eli Lilly$201K
- Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$187K
- Amgen$58K
- Novartis$9K
- GE HealthCare$6K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1823%
- Food & beverage$7,04397%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 69 | $4,191 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $524 |
| Amgen | 25 | $429 |
| Merck | 22 | $363 |
| Novartis | 12 | $253 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $194 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $165 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $142 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $100 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $95 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $81 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $52 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $41 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $37 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $28 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $13 |
| Venclose Inc. | 3 | $13 |
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.
- Confirm Rx$1,354
- Quadra Allure MP RF CRT Pacemkr$780
- Quartet CRT Lead$237
- ENSITE PRECISION$173
- AVEIR$163
- ASSURITY$148
- (5023) DS Zenition 70$145
- QUARTET$138
- (5153) Azurion 5 M20 GC$114
How this compares
$7,225 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.
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 | 477 | $561,889 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 136 | $145,821 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 62 | $86,397 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 32 | $35,054 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 219 | $17,120 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 929 | $12,494 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 12 | $11,901 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 650 | $10,004 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 13 | $8,296 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate | 290 | $7,440 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 686 | $5,505 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 149 | $5,127 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 56 | $4,520 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 435 | $4,331 |
| Potassium Chloride | 150 | $3,950 |
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 | $165 | $561,889477 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $52 | $145,821136 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $253 | $86,39762 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $100 | $11,90112 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 70th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.
Other cardiovascular disease in Tomball
- Ramin Farzaneh-FarDallas$17.1M
- John OsborneGrapevine$1.3M
- Darren McGuireDallas$1.2M
- Peter McCulloughDallas$664K
- Ann NavarDallas$616K
- Biykem BozkurtHouston$606K
- Milton PackerDallas$530K
- Amarinder BindraDallas$512K
- Robert SalazarKingwood$478K
- Reynolds DelgadoHouston$471K
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.