Bassam Shamma, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · South Charleston, WVNPI 1326044413
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 43 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 60.0% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $530 and has fallen 59.3% since, to $216 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $48.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$290
- Biogen$120
- Intuitive Surgical$83
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$73
- Organon$39
- plus $226 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,080100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $1,248 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $290 |
| Biogen | 1 | $120 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $83 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $73 |
| Organon | 2 | $39 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Bayer | 1 | $25 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
- VISTASEAL$389
- Harmonic$270
- HARMONIC Product Family$249
- ENSEAL Product Family$249
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$249
- Enseal X1$133
- Enseal$124
- Zurzuvae$120
- Enseal X1 5mm$113
- Orilissa$110
How this compares
$2,080 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 172 obstetrics & gynecology providers in West Virginia.
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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.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in South Charleston
- Bernard LubySouth Charleston$13K
- Kiran PatelSouth Charleston$8K
- Akhil PatelSouth Charleston$4K
- Andrea HillSouth Charleston$3K
- Kimberly Bush-UySouth Charleston$2K
- Jessica HottMartinsburg$194K
- Lori TuckerPrinceton$46K
- Stephen BushCharleston$33K
- Amanda PauleyHuntington$26K
- Sarah DotsonMorgantown$24K
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.