Ali Azeem
Cleveland, OHNPI 1760975759
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $32,500 of the $44,870 with a category attached, or 72.4%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $35,819, more than ten times the $525 reported in 2021.
Across 198 payments — averaging $226.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$26K
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Pfizer$527
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$343
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$274
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$32,50072%
- Travel & lodging$4,27610%
- Food & beverage$6,81315%
- Education$1,2813%
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 | 31 | $26,350 |
| Medtronic | 38 | $13,228 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $2,871 |
| Pfizer | 37 | $527 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $343 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $274 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $228 |
| Gilead | 10 | $159 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $81 |
| Amgen | 5 | $80 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $67 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Novartis | 2 | $42 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $36 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $31 |
| Merck | 1 | $28 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $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.
- ASSURITY$11,250
- TACTICATH$11,250
- ENSITE$1,261
- ENSITE PRECISION$1,102
- QUADRA ASSURA$269
- SelectSecure$252
- RESOLUTE ONYX$249
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$209
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$201
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$199
- Watchman$147
- CAPSUREFIX NOVUS MRI SURESCAN$141
- Azur CX Detachable$124
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$124
- GlideWire$124
- Carto 3$113
- CAMZYOS$106
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $167 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.