Aseem Desai, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Mission Viejo, CANPI 1609852888
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 70.3% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $26,911.
Across 277 payments — averaging $70.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abbott$347
- Biotronik Inc.$312
- Johnson & Johnson$302
- plus $947 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,24342%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,60018%
- Travel & lodging$1,4728%
- Food & beverage$6,23832%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 65 | $13,746 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 52 | $2,829 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $1,071 |
| Abbott | 16 | $347 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $312 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 43 | $302 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 16 | $294 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 12 | $244 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $203 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $41 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 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.
- Carto 3$1,002
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$125
- LUX-DX$100
How this compares
$19,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 716 | $623,526 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 269 | $287,472 |
| Dofetilide | 198 | $40,745 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $10,983 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 20 | $5,795 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 192 | $2,708 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 45 | $2,644 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 97 | $2,381 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 89 | $1,838 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 72 | $1,622 |
| Valsartan | 29 | $1,168 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 32 | $1,063 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 114 | $951 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 11 | $950 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 40 | $942 |
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 | $203 | $623,526716 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $302 | $287,472269 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $70 | $10,98314 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 40th percentile of 290 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in California.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Mission Viejo
- Shephal DoshiSanta Monica$2.1M
- Jonathan HsuSan Diego$1.2M
- Leslie SaxonLos Angeles$1.1M
- Rahul BhardwajLoma Linda$935K
- Nicholas Olsonla Jolla$801K
- Jonathan DukesVentura$775K
- Brett GidneySanta Barbara$756K
- John Rogersla Jolla$738K
- Rajesh BankerNewport Beach$538K
- Rahul DoshiLos Angeles$469K
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.