Bashir Akhavan Tafti, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1154556306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inari Medical, Inc. at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,054 and has fallen 81.6% since, to $1,850 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 122 payments — averaging $139.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$8K
- Penumbra, Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Innova Vascular Inc.$290
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$93
- plus $191 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,20042%
- Travel & lodging$3,19819%
- Food & beverage$6,66739%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 25 | $7,536 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 41 | $5,870 |
| Medtronic | 31 | $1,893 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $1,191 |
| Innova Vascular Inc. | 1 | $290 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$7,066
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$7,066
- Indigo System$4,103
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$948
- OBSIDIO$706
- Penumbra System$252
- RUBY Coil$118
How this compares
$17,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,537 diagnostic radiology providers in California.
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 diagnostic radiology in Los Angeles
- Robert SuhLos Angeles$758K
- Gary UlanerLos Angeles$687K
- Mary YamashitaLos Angeles$358K
- Scott GenshaftLos Angeles$267K
- Arthur BaghdanianLos Angeles$219K
- Maud MorshediLos Angeles$187K
- Jonathan GoldinLos Angeles$168K
- Kathleen RuchalskiLos Angeles$155K
- Suzanne BashLos Angeles$113K
- Viktor SzederLos Angeles$73K
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.