Hal Wasserman, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Danbury, CTNPI 1154358356
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 87 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $5,446.
Across 87 payments — averaging $26.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$862
- Edwards Lifesciences$724
- Medtronic$223
- Abiomed$99
- Novartis$80
- Johnson & Johnson$76
- plus $241 from 7 others
Across 159 payments — averaging $5318.01 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.
- ZOLL Circulation Inc$760K
- CSL Behring$85K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,305100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 27 | $862 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 29 | $724 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $223 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $99 |
| Novartis | 4 | $80 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $76 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $49 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $36 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| BD | 1 | $21 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- AMPLATZER Occluders$226
- CARDIOMEMS$150
How this compares
$2,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 73 interventional cardiology providers in Connecticut.
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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 interventional cardiology in Danbury
- Mark WarshofskyDanbury$2K
- Sumit TickooDanbury$1K
- Amit VoraNew Haven$409K
- Craig ThompsonHartford$222K
- Michael NannaNew Haven$60K
- Jawad HaiderBloomfield$44K
- Sameer NagpalNew Haven$43K
- Khagendra DahalFarmington$42K
- Abdul QaziHartford$38K
- Sarfaraz MemonHartford$30K
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.