Catherine Shah
Family · Charlotte, NCNPI 1194374793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,492, more than ten times the $2,470 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in NC 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.
Across 318 payments — averaging $225.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$34K
- Abbott$29K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Teleflex LLC$262
- Amgen$203
- plus $421 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,85043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,1009%
- Travel & lodging$19,20927%
- Food & beverage$15,42422%
- Education$20%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 117 | $34,324 |
| Abbott | 124 | $28,563 |
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $5,174 |
| Medtronic | 26 | $2,638 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $262 |
| Amgen | 2 | $203 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $136 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $121 |
| Bayer | 1 | $115 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
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.
- MitraClip$17,415
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$12,666
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$8,958
- NAVITOR$6,951
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,876
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,553
- CoreValve Evolut$1,456
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$550
- WATCHMAN FLX$323
- EVOQUE$311
- TRICLIP$311
- GUIDELINER$262
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$141
- AMPLATZER Occluders$141
- Repatha$120
- CAMZYOS$119
- Kerendia$115
- PASCAL$113
How this compares
$71,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,522 family providers in North Carolina.
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 | 162 | $171,520 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 47 | $40,219 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 33 | $36,604 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 23 | $34,828 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 27 | $20,024 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 11 | $11,621 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 121 | $1,465 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 167 | $1,383 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 144 | $1,023 |
| Ezetimibe | 66 | $1,010 |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | 19 | $916 |
| Potassium Chloride | 27 | $706 |
| Spironolactone | 89 | $694 |
| Carvedilol | 64 | $599 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 82 | $503 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Charlotte
- Debra ScottCharlotte$129K
- Lasherri LeathersCharlotte$89K
- Jason HardinCharlotte$37K
- Laura ListonCharlotte$33K
- Marie KristensenCharlotte$30K
- Hadley DebergCharlotte$16K
- Morgan HubeliCharlotte$15K
- Trisha WootenCharlotte$15K
- Samantha GriffinCharlotte$13K
- Leslie ByrneFayetteville$482K
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.