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Bassam Shukrallah, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Little Rock, ARNPI 1205977634

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $268,925 of the $325,291 with a category attached, or 82.7%. Abbott accounts for 97.2% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $95,013 and has fallen 68.6% since, to $29,815 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AR 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.

$325,291in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 331 payments — averaging $982.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$316K
  • Abiomed$2K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
  • Medtronic$1K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$1K
  • Baxter Healthcare$1K
  • plus $2K from 13 others
$76,338in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 45 payments — averaging $1696.40 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.

  • Abbott$71K
  • Medtronic$4K
  • Transmedics, Inc.$1K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$268,92583%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2000%
  • Travel & lodging$44,62814%
  • Food & beverage$11,5384%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott209$316,296
Abiomed33$1,997
Livanova USA, Inc.8$1,329
Medtronic(2 entities)18$1,296
Edwards Lifesciences5$1,150
Baxter Healthcare12$1,058
Zimmer Biomet8$404
Artivion, Inc.5$387
Johnson & Johnson(3 entities)9$307
Cvrx, Inc.2$235
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.2$230
Atricure, Inc.9$214
Clearflow Inc.3$133
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)1$110
Silk Road Medical, Inc.2$37
LSI Solutions Inc2$33
United Therapeutics Corporation1$31
Stryker1$23
Haemonetics Corporation1$20

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.

How this compares

$325,291 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arkansas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$61,412
Medicare patients
63
Services billed
109

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.

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