Hussam Hawamdeh, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1326455841
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3%.
Across 137 payments — averaging $113.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- GE HealthCare$2K
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,08852%
- Food & beverage$7,17146%
- Education$2592%
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 | 22 | $2,999 |
| Abbott | 20 | $2,583 |
| Philips North America LLC | 11 | $2,225 |
| Medtronic | 19 | $2,163 |
| Abiomed | 29 | $2,005 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $1,948 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $594 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $299 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $239 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $67 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $37 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $30 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ALLIA$1,887
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,348
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,318
- Impella$1,225
- (5154) Azurion 7 M20 GC$1,055
- MitraClip System$932
- TRICLIP$907
- (6574) Coronary Other$676
- EVOQUE$288
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$233
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$215
- PRODIGY$208
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$149
- Resolute$144
- EKOSONIC$142
- (6575) Coronary Undivided$119
- WATCHMAN Access System$112
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$110
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$110
- Mitra Clip system$105
How this compares
$15,518 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 89 interventional cardiology providers in Arkansas.
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 | 141 | $106,293 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 42 | $39,544 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 21 | $9,132 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 211 | $1,667 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 140 | $1,228 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 145 | $1,099 |
| Carvedilol | 186 | $972 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 203 | $954 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 21 | $916 |
| Ezetimibe | 31 | $795 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 20 | $651 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 15 | $591 |
| Bumetanide | 19 | $562 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 36 | $500 |
| Losartan Potassium | 86 | $499 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $13 | $106,293141 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $37 | $39,54442 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 75th percentile of 89 interventional cardiology providers in Arkansas.
Other interventional cardiology in Fort Smith
- Rudhir TandonFort Smith$22K
- Pooja MishraFort Smith$10K
- Jose Loyo MolinaFort Smith$9K
- Gaurav DharLittle Rock$206K
- Ernesto Ruiz-RodriguezLittle Rock$153K
- Vasili LendelLittle Rock$86K
- Thomas WattsLittle Rock$68K
- Vijay RajaLittle Rock$46K
- Lena AwarJonesboro$43K
- Zubair AhmedFayetteville$36K
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.