Haimanot Wasse, MD
Nephrology · Atlanta, GANPI 1760412563
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,713 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $156 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in GA 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 122 payments — averaging $487.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$30K
- Avenu Medical Inc.$13K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$12K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Laminate Medical Technologies Inc.$1K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$665
- plus $296 from 4 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $3190.42 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.
- Medtronic$65K
- Abbott$60K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,83920%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,77543%
- Grants$620%
- Travel & lodging$15,95227%
- Food & beverage$5,90010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 80 | $30,177 |
| Avenu Medical Inc. | 18 | $13,438 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $12,092 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $1,556 |
| Laminate Medical Technologies Inc. | 7 | $1,304 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 3 | $665 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 2 | $192 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $73 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $20 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$14,779
- Ellipsys System$12,206
- WAVELINQ$12,013
- IN.PACT AV$9,942
- Ellipsys$2,308
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$1,366
- VasQ External Support$1,288
- Prelude Ideal Hydrophilic Sheath Introducer$638
- PreludeSync EZ Radial Compression Device$638
- PreludeSync Distal$638
- TurboHawk$467
- IN.PACT Admiral$405
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$167
- Argyle$156
- VenaSeal$135
How this compares
$59,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 388 nephrology providers in Georgia.
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 nephrology in Atlanta
- Sheldon ShoreAtlanta$474K
- Christina KleinAtlanta$137K
- Mary MuonekeAtlanta$119K
- Frederic Rahbari OskouiAtlanta$88K
- Tarik LalwaniAtlanta$69K
- Janice LeaAtlanta$21K
- Vandana NiyyarAtlanta$11K
- Gautham ViswanathanAtlanta$10K
- Lara WatkinsAtlanta$8K
- Saied MurphyAtlanta$7K
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.