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Ilyas Colombowala, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houston, TXNPI 1730194150

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $137,450 of the $203,865 with a category attached, or 67.4%. Medtronic accounts for 62.5% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$203,865in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 715 payments — averaging $285.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$127K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$47K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$14K
  • Abbott$5K
  • Atricure, Inc.$4K
  • Biotronik Inc.$2K
  • plus $5K from 22 others
$158,200in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 27 payments — averaging $5859.26 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.

  • Cvrx, Inc.$129K
  • Livanova USA, Inc.$29K
  • Medtronic$200

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$24,32512%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$137,45067%
  • Travel & lodging$23,63312%
  • Food & beverage$18,2279%
  • Education$2310%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)367$127,345
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)76$47,194
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.22$14,375
Abbott33$4,624
Atricure, Inc.15$4,003
Biotronik Inc.61$1,651
Boston Scientific46$1,609
Biosense Webster, Inc.48$1,451
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.8$342
Acutus Medical, Inc.2$246
Cardiva Medical, Inc.8$235
Cardiofocus, Inc.1$133
Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC3$98
Cvrx, Inc.2$79
Amgen5$74
Stryker1$73
Pfizer3$57
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.2$57
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$33
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.1$33
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$28
Livanova USA, Inc.1$23
Stereotaxis Inc1$21
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$21
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.2$20
Novartis1$16
Teleflex LLC1$13
Preventice Services, LLC1$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.

How this compares

$203,865 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$67,748
Medicare patients
95
Services billed
374

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Atorvastatin Calcium14$165

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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