Asif Jafferani, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1417398843
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $35,448.
Across 170 payments — averaging $79.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$335
- Abbott$281
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,69657%
- Food & beverage$5,65242%
- Education$2462%
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) | 60 | $5,410 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $3,212 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 22 | $1,837 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,025 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $335 |
| Abbott | 7 | $281 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 8 | $212 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $177 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $105 |
| Merck | 5 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $68 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $57 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $49 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $39 |
| Novartis | 2 | $31 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| BD | 1 | $25 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,506
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,771
- Carto 3$1,423
- Carto 3 System$803
- VITALPATCH RTM$177
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$144
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$143
- Assure WCD$136
- KENGREAL$132
- ACCOLADE SR$129
- Crome$125
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$115
- Watchman$106
- PulseSelect$103
How this compares
$13,594 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina →
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 | 269 | $214,657 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 69 | $45,283 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 41 | $40,270 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 32 | $30,912 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 91 | $3,943 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 250 | $2,829 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 70 | $1,840 |
| Verapamil Er PmVerapamil Hcl | 11 | $1,508 |
| Carvedilol | 96 | $749 |
| Diltiazem 12hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 11 | $633 |
| Valsartan | 35 | $617 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 41 | $354 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 30 | $342 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 21 | $275 |
| Furosemide | 96 | $274 |
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 | $105 | $214,657269 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $68 | $45,28369 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $31 | $40,27041 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 30th percentile of 58 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in South Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Spartanburg
- Michael OquinnSpartanburg$70K
- Jeff BerrySpartanburg$10K
- Jeffrey WinterfieldCharleston$498K
- Frank CuocoCharleston$306K
- Anne KromanCharleston$279K
- Andrew BrenyoRock Hill$241K
- Joseph ManfrediGreenville$213K
- Michael GoldCharleston$204K
- Sultan SiddiqueColumbia$182K
- Peter NetzlerGreenville$146K
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.