Ayman Hussein, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1326202433
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $74,025 of the $98,455 with a category attached, or 75.2%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 36.8% of the total. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in OH 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 172 payments — averaging $572.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$36K
- Abbott$29K
- Boston Scientific$25K
- Pfizer$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- plus $321 from 3 others
Across 129 payments — averaging $9154.23 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$384K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$333K
- Abbott$263K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$183K
- Kardium Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$74,02575%
- Travel & lodging$15,52516%
- Food & beverage$8,9059%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 42 | $36,205 |
| Abbott | 53 | $28,835 |
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $24,699 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $4,903 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $2,295 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $1,197 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Corcym Inc | 4 | $72 |
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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$33,751
- Farapulse$8,739
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$8,370
- ENSITE PRECISION$8,009
- Epic$5,775
- Watchman$5,625
- ELIQUIS$4,903
- ENSITE$4,007
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,117
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,913
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,081
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$1,079
- Micra$861
- Carto 3$829
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$459
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$443
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$225
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$202
- Carto 3 System$199
- AVEIR$152
How this compares
$98,455 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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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 | 309 | $372,449 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 40 | $61,701 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $20,254 |
| Dofetilide | 60 | $11,475 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $6,044 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 47 | $3,057 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 118 | $1,995 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 34 | $1,285 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 22 | $652 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 13 | $361 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 57 | $236 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 11 | $153 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $92 |
| Carvedilol | 17 | $53 |
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 | $4,903 | $372,449309 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 90th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cleveland
- Walid SalibaCleveland$511K
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Judith MackallCleveland$129K
- Albert WaldoCleveland$127K
- Thomas CallahanCleveland$119K
- Muhammad ButtCleveland$82K
- Arshneel KocharCleveland$49K
- Shady NakhlaCleveland$47K
- Mauricio ArrudaCleveland$38K
- Maki OnoCleveland$37K
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.