Bilal Saqi, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1952752412
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (40.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 46.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $21,162 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $2,245 in 2025.
Across 272 payments — averaging $162.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$20K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Medtronic$6K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$259
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$17,75040%
- Travel & lodging$13,85731%
- Food & beverage$11,25325%
- Education$1,2813%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 85 | $20,287 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $9,966 |
| Medtronic | 55 | $6,179 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 31 | $4,007 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 21 | $2,279 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $259 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $218 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $195 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $133 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Merck | 5 | $83 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $53 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $51 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $47 |
| Novartis | 2 | $42 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$2,922
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,208
- Rivacor$1,990
- Acticor$1,990
- Edora$1,990
- Carto 3$1,887
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$1,487
- Micra$1,210
- Solia$1,049
- BioMonitor$1,049
- HeartMate Touch$984
- Sentus$941
- Plexa$941
- ADVISOR$517
- ENSITE$271
- Adapta$206
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$190
- WATCHMAN FLX$145
- ASSURITY$132
- CARDIOMEMS$131
How this compares
$44,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
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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 | 16 | $11,098 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $130 |
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 | $53 | $11,09816 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 75th percentile of 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in North Little Rock
- Jeffrey NeuhauserNorth Little Rock$15K
- Devi NairJonesboro$1.8M
- Monica LoLittle Rock$190K
- Oreoluwa OladiranJonesboro$80K
- Sudarone ThihalolipavanLittle Rock$77K
- Prabhat HebbarLittle Rock$75K
- Raphael NgengweJonesboro$47K
- Gerald GreerLittle Rock$41K
- Risheek KaulLittle Rock$38K
- Yang YangFayetteville$29K
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.