Bassel Saksouk, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Murray, UTNPI 1528301660
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $665 of the $1,004 with a category attached, or 66.2%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by BD at 33.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $522 and has fallen 65.0% since, to $183 in 2023.
Across 30 payments — averaging $33.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BD$339
- Abiomed$144
- AbbVie$97
- GSK$92
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$63
- Bayer$48
- plus $222 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$33934%
- Food & beverage$66566%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 2 | $339 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $144 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $97 |
| GSK | 6 | $92 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Bayer | 3 | $48 |
| Novartis | 2 | $43 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- POWERGLIDE$300
- Impella$144
How this compares
$1,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 44 critical care medicine providers in Utah.
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 critical care medicine in Murray
- David FedorMurray$57K
- Peter CrossnoMurray$16K
- Patricia NelsonMurray$738
- Andrea ShiolenoMurray$295
- John SkaggsMurray$155
- Joseph PalatinusMurray$116
- Elizabeth MunroeMurray$105
- Jennifer EdwardsMurray$84
- Colin GrissomMurray$13
- Chelbi WildeMurray$3
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.