Anum Asif
Interventional Cardiology · Providence, RINPI 1083096010
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,853 of the $5,711 with a category attached, or 67.5%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 38.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,462, 5.0 times the $493 reported in 2021.
Across 91 payments — averaging $62.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Boston Scientific$584
- Abbott$491
- Abiomed$424
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$360
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$250
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,48826%
- Food & beverage$3,85367%
- Education$2955%
- Gifts$751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 38 | $2,184 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $584 |
| Abbott | 10 | $491 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $424 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $360 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $250 |
| Amgen | 3 | $196 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $185 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $177 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $104 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $64 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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
$5,711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 23 interventional cardiology providers in Rhode Island.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.