Carmel Ashur
Cardiovascular Disease · Ypsilanti, MINPI 1881114957
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 168 payments — averaging $218.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Abbott$9K
- Medtronic$8K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$898
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$337
- plus $516 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$24,42967%
- Travel & lodging$5,90816%
- Food & beverage$5,72116%
- Education$5682%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $15,682 |
| Abbott | 18 | $9,416 |
| Medtronic | 64 | $8,441 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 45 | $1,337 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $898 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $337 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $195 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $149 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 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.
- GENERAL BRADY$5,000
- Micra$1,803
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,223
- AVEIR$945
- OPTIMIZER$674
- Carto 3$433
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$366
- (9124) LM Undivided$331
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$224
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$213
- ENSITE PRECISION$175
- WATCHMAN FLX$145
- LifeVest$129
- CardioMEMS HF System$122
- ENSITE$109
- OMNIASECURE MRI SURESCAN$106
How this compares
$36,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $163 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $88 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Ypsilanti
- Ahmad MizyedYpsilanti$1M
- Marlo LeonenYpsilanti$714K
- Stanley ChetcutiAnn Arbor$4.3M
- Sandeep KhuranaGrandville$2.3M
- Victor MolesAnn Arbor$2.1M
- Jihad MustaphaGrand Rapids$1.9M
- Marschall RungeAnn Arbor$1.8M
- Sara SaberiAnn Arbor$1.6M
- Brian OneillDetroit$1.4M
- Vallerie McLaughlinAnn Arbor$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.