Ayesha Rahman, MD
Hand Surgery · Jackson Heights, NYNPI 1891056453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Acumed LLC accounts for 94.5% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $19,661 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $633 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 142 payments — averaging $270.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acumed LLC$36K
- Stryker$782
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$407
- Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc.$146
- Johnson & Johnson$144
- Amgen$144
- plus $496 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,74620%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,37240%
- Travel & lodging$10,09926%
- Food & beverage$5,20214%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acumed LLC | 106 | $36,300 |
| Stryker | 6 | $782 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 3 | $407 |
| Gotham Surgical Solutions & Devices, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $144 |
| Amgen | 10 | $144 |
| Axogen | 1 | $134 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, 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.
- ACUMED$109,118
- INnate Implant$10,655
- OsteoMed$9,521
- InFrame Implant$1,766
- Geminus$407
- Align$407
- IJS$407
- Implate$407
- MAKO$319
- VARIAX$283
- GAMMA$165
- Montage 5cc$149
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$134
- TRIALTIS$124
- Anatomic Radial Head System$117
- VersaWrap$108
How this compares
$38,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 178 hand surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 145 | $2,761 |
| Meloxicam | 220 | $677 |
| Naproxen | 15 | $135 |
| Ibuprofen | 24 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Jackson Heights
- Scott WolfeNy$251K
- Nader PaksimaNew York$171K
- Peter SteinGreat Neck$131K
- Michael HausmanNew York$128K
- Otis BarronNew York$122K
- Kevin SetterEast Syracuse$118K
- Nathan EverdingSyracuse$98K
- David TuckmanGreat Neck$96K
- Dan ZlotolowNew York$91K
- Andrew GreenbergGreat Neck$86K
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.