Farzad Najam, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Washington, DCNPI 1386686715
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $11,394 of the $18,753 with a category attached, or 60.8%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 65.3% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,151 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $379 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $218.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$12K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$222
- Cvrx, Inc.$168
- Boston Scientific$150
- plus $456 from 6 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $147.34 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.
- Abiomed$147
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,39461%
- Travel & lodging$2,15311%
- Food & beverage$5,20628%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 14 | $12,242 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 46 | $3,788 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,727 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $222 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $150 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $106 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $104 |
| Bayer | 1 | $97 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
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.
- TandemLife$8,225
- Tandem Life Kit$3,798
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$801
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$800
- Mitra Clip system$797
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$665
- CARDIOHELP$222
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$175
- NAVITOR$160
- Barostim Neo System$145
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$144
- MitraClip$136
- Impella$104
How this compares
$18,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 25 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in District of Columbia.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Washington
- Keith MortmanWashington$170K
- John LazarWashington$79K
- Salim AzizWashington$24K
- Gal LevyWashington$23K
- Steven BoyceWashington$13K
- Jeffrey CohenWashington$11K
- Gregory TrachiotisWashington$10K
- Deyanira PrasteinWashington$6K
- Sora ElyWashington$5K
- Dean SchraufnagelWashington$4K
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.