Ali Al Ameri, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Des Moines, IANPI 1558700450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $49,000 of the $53,495 with a category attached, or 91.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 97.0% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $26,285 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $540 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 56 payments — averaging $955.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$52K
- Atricure, Inc.$520
- Edwards Lifesciences$452
- Corcym Inc$185
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$146
- Johnson & Johnson$121
- plus $166 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,5505%
- Food & beverage$1,9314%
- Education$49,00092%
- Gifts$140%
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 | 41 | $51,905 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $520 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $452 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $185 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $121 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $37 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $25 |
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.
How this compares
$53,495 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Iowa.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Des Moines
- Robert GallegosDes Moines$156K
- Tayyaba MalikDes Moines$21K
- Ganga PrabhakarDes Moines$16K
- Hashim HanifDes Moines$15K
- Bethany HarpoleDes Moines$10K
- Bart JensonDes Moines$9K
- Mark MankinsDes Moines$5K
- Marnix VerhofsteDes Moines$1K
- Robert SchneiderDes Moines$285
- Garry WeideCedar Rapids$39K
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.