Jad Ballout
Internal Medicine · Lexington, KYNPI 1356863658
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (38.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,131, more than ten times the $70 reported in 2021. Among internal medicine clinicians in KY 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 180 payments — averaging $164.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$9K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Biotronik Inc.$416
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$160
- plus $87 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$11,25038%
- Travel & lodging$9,00430%
- Food & beverage$8,20528%
- Education$1,0644%
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 | 56 | $10,071 |
| Abbott | 23 | $8,531 |
| Boston Scientific | 57 | $7,017 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 37 | $3,241 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $416 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $160 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Farapulse$4,049
- TACTICATH$3,750
- Carto 3$2,582
- ASSURITY$2,500
- Micra$896
- ENSITE PRECISION$746
- VersaCross Access Solution$446
- ENSITE$371
- AVEIR$369
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$217
- WATCHMAN FLX$136
How this compares
$29,523 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,284 internal medicine providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 12 | $6,327 |
| Valsartan | 13 | $520 |
| Felodipine ErFelodipine | 11 | $190 |
| Spironolactone | 21 | $160 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 11 | $150 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $129 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $107 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 11 | $48 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 22 | $30 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Lexington
- David ManninoLexington$168K
- Fadi BachaLexington$31K
- Thomas von UnrugLexington$22K
- Danilo CoralesLexington$17K
- Mohamed TashaniLexington$17K
- Kelli TrentLexington$16K
- Richard BeltLexington$14K
- Coutney SchniedersLexington$12K
- Fares KhaterWhitesburg$412K
- Bernard BuchananOwensboro$185K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.