Haidar Yassin, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1659532000
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 61.6% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in AZ 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 849 payments — averaging $511.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$267K
- Boston Scientific$97K
- EKOS Corporation$23K
- Medtronic$16K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$10K
- Abbott$8K
- plus $13K from 26 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2831.42 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.
- Abbott$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$237,76355%
- Speaking & faculty fees$92,00821%
- Travel & lodging$60,98614%
- Food & beverage$43,39910%
- Education$200%
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 | 324 | $267,349 |
| Boston Scientific | 173 | $96,835 |
| EKOS Corporation | 41 | $22,712 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 99 | $16,266 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 26 | $9,660 |
| Abbott | 70 | $7,958 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 24 | $4,667 |
| Abiomed | 36 | $3,317 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $1,824 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 3 | $413 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $411 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $297 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $287 |
| Amgen | 5 | $215 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $212 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $199 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Stryker | 1 | $181 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $167 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $119 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Novartis | 4 | $86 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $57 |
| Saranas, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $32 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$253,158
- WATCHMAN Access System$81,535
- EKOSONIC$25,464
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$11,430
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$9,010
- Indigo System$4,146
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$3,759
- AVEIR$2,200
- Impella$2,166
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$2,005
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$2,005
- Micra$1,629
- PASCAL$1,505
- WATCHMAN FLX$1,477
- EVOQUE$1,369
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,311
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$987
- Perclose ProStyle$896
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$871
- TRICLIP$732
How this compares
$434,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 223 interventional cardiology providers in Arizona.
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 | 417 | $541,617 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 184 | $235,313 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 40 | $48,183 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 44 | $45,388 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $25,482 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 33 | $23,969 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,051 | $11,000 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 600 | $7,390 |
| Carvedilol ErCarvedilol Phosphate | 14 | $6,325 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 370 | $6,022 |
| Losartan Potassium | 466 | $4,253 |
| Ezetimibe | 174 | $4,000 |
| Lisinopril | 547 | $3,910 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 331 | $3,685 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 449 | $3,306 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $57 | $235,313184 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $86 | $48,18340 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $212 | $23,96933 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 95th percentile of 223 interventional cardiology providers in Arizona.
Other interventional cardiology in Phoenix
- Paul SorajjaPhoenix$1.1M
- Timothy ByrnePhoenix$614K
- Akil LoliPhoenix$160K
- Nishant GuptaPhoenix$145K
- Richard HeuserPhoenix$68K
- Nezar FallujiPhoenix$50K
- Ahmad JabriPhoenix$39K
- Edward EvansPhoenix$36K
- Basil Al KhatibPhoenix$33K
- Sourabh AggarwalPhoenix$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.