Asem Rimawi, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Lafayette, INNPI 1629005913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,725 of the $10,237 with a category attached, or 65.7%. Medtronic accounts for 66.2% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,587 and has fallen 88.8% since, to $516 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $13,586.
Across 104 payments — averaging $98.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$838
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$830
- Abbott$153
- Novartis$126
- plus $228 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,72566%
- Food & beverage$3,51234%
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) | 54 | $6,776 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,287 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 5 | $838 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $830 |
| Abbott | 5 | $153 |
| Novartis | 6 | $126 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Carto 3$1,606
- Arctic Front$1,060
- DIAMONDTEMP BIDIRECTIONAL ABLATION CATHETER$779
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$323
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$234
- Micra$170
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$126
How this compares
$10,237 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Indiana.
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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 | 456 | $374,076 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 87 | $86,441 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 61 | $60,359 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 39 | $32,430 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 371 | $7,654 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 100 | $2,439 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 39 | $1,935 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 190 | $1,867 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $1,822 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 22 | $1,062 |
| Carvedilol | 99 | $878 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 251 | $871 |
| Lisinopril | 98 | $580 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 21 | $516 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 88 | $463 |
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 | $19 | $374,076456 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $41 | $86,44187 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $126 | $32,43039 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 35th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Indiana.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Lafayette
- Eric PrystowskyIndianapolis$1.1M
- Chad BonhommeWestfield$925K
- Kevin TrulockIndianapolis$402K
- Sharath VipparthyIndianapolis$114K
- Jasen GilgeIndianapolis$93K
- Vincent KeatingIndianapolis$80K
- Christopher ReedIndianapolis$80K
- Marcelle StuckyIndianapolis$76K
- Joseph SzwedIndianapolis$67K
- Krishna MalineniIndianapolis$65K
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.