Amin Yehya, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Norfolk, VANPI 1376720946
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $254,796 of the $397,873 with a category attached, or 64.0%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 24.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $140,000, 3.8 times the $37,261 reported in 2019. Among advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in VA 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 496 payments — averaging $802.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$97K
- Bayer$54K
- Scpharmaceuticals Inc.$54K
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$52K
- AstraZeneca$32K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$27K
- plus $82K from 17 others
Across 92 payments — averaging $2661.45 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.
- Bayer$132K
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$41K
- Nuwellis, Inc.$35K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$18K
- Merck$11K
- Novartis$8K
- plus $530 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$87,83222%
- Speaking & faculty fees$254,79664%
- Travel & lodging$37,0609%
- Food & beverage$17,7484%
- Education$4370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 75 | $97,123 |
| Bayer | 45 | $54,377 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 43 | $53,786 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 64 | $51,977 |
| AstraZeneca | 43 | $32,207 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 37 | $26,665 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 6 | $21,634 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $17,052 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 51 | $14,741 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $10,598 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 9 | $9,696 |
| Abbott | 68 | $4,667 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $2,148 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $238 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $231 |
| Endotronix, Inc. | 1 | $225 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $179 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $95 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $41 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VERQUVO$102,134
- FUROSCIX$53,206
- TEGSEDI$48,891
- Kerendia$48,034
- LifeVest$26,366
- FARXIGA$22,692
- Assure WCD$21,634
- Barostim Neo System$13,523
- Attruby$10,563
- AQUADEX SMARTFLOW CONSOLE$9,624
- LOKELMA$8,837
- Ozempic$4,650
- HeartWare HVAD$1,666
- CARDIOMEMS$1,588
- CardioMEMS HF System$856
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$380
- HeartMate$288
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$282
- OPTIMIZER$267
- CORDELLA PULOMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSOR$225
How this compares
$397,873 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 43 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Virginia.
See all advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Virginia →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 493 | $549,571 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 428 | $437,612 |
| CamzyosMavacamten | 24 | $193,691 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 120 | $123,661 |
| FuroscixFurosemide | 25 | $106,184 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 81 | $83,966 |
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $54,983 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 26 | $24,563 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $10,724 |
| Bumetanide | 134 | $4,082 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 264 | $3,522 |
| Tacrolimus | 20 | $3,519 |
| Spironolactone | 426 | $2,779 |
| Carvedilol | 332 | $2,722 |
| Eplerenone | 38 | $2,296 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $32,207 | $437,612428 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $238 | $123,661120 claims |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc.Furoscix | $53,786 | $106,18425 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $97,123 | $83,96681 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $15 | $54,98353 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 95th percentile of 43 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Virginia.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Norfolk
- Raymond BenzaNorfolk$141K
- Zackary TushakNorfolk$92K
- Manjula AnanthramNorfolk$5K
- Robert BernsteinNorfolk$73
- John HerreChesapeake$270K
- Palak ShahFalls Church$112K
- Shashank DesaiFalls Church$80K
- Keyur ShahRichmond,$62K
- Mirnela BykuCharlottesville$62K
- Edward SaweyRichmond$35K
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.