Asim Syed, MD
Internal Medicine · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1487114369
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 67.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,802 and has fallen 88.4% since, to $325 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $76.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$447
- AstraZeneca$300
- Boehringer Ingelheim$123
- Terumo Medical Corporation$104
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$94
- plus $156 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,48939%
- Food & beverage$1,97452%
- Education$3469%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 28 | $2,584 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $447 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $300 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $123 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $104 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $94 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $72 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $28 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $11 |
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.
- CARDIOMEMS$968
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$503
- ENSITE$266
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$140
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$134
- JARDIANCE$123
- FARXIGA$121
- ANGIO-SEAL$104
How this compares
$3,809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.
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.
Other internal medicine in Boca Raton
- Richard MarquesBoca Raton$42K
- Viraj ShahBoca Raton$37K
- Haytham ElgammalMiami$2.2M
- Keith RubinFort Lauderdale$2M
- Michael SensionFort Lauderdale$1M
- Quang NguyenOcala$434K
- Luis Correa LunaSanford$412K
- Michael OleksykFort Myers$365K
- Andrew KuykendallTampa$322K
- Howard FederoffCoconut Grove$302K
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.