Fadi El-Ahdab, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1932316163
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 60 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $503 and has fallen 51.6% since, to $244 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $5,390.
Across 60 payments — averaging $22.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$390
- Edwards Lifesciences$324
- Medtronic$162
- Abiomed$161
- Novartis$53
- Penumbra, Inc.$39
- plus $245 from 10 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $699.85 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.
- CSL Behring$15K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,372100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $390 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 23 | $324 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $162 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $161 |
| Novartis | 2 | $53 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Abbott | 2 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $22 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $17 |
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
$1,372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 180 interventional cardiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 138 | $91,168 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $21,870 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $17,990 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 21 | $975 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 184 | $895 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 110 | $856 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 47 | $713 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 41 | $542 |
| Carvedilol | 82 | $503 |
| Famotidine | 33 | $497 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 38 | $439 |
| Losartan Potassium | 54 | $435 |
| Lisinopril | 50 | $402 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 39 | $380 |
| Furosemide | 124 | $312 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Charlotte
- Oluseun AlliCharlotte$485K
- Glen FandettiCharlotte$46K
- John PasquiniCharlotte$32K
- Aamer QureshiCharlotte$27K
- Daniel PuCharlotte$23K
- Nyal BorgesCharlotte$18K
- George AdamsGarner$4.1M
- Paul MahoneyGreenville$1.7M
- Ravish SacharRaleigh$1.6M
- Patrick SimpsonPinehurst$579K
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.