Jad Skaf, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fayetteville, NCNPI 1770813719
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,829 of the $17,090 with a category attached, or 63.4%. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $16,673.
Across 441 payments — averaging $38.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$870
- Biotronik Inc.$716
- plus $5K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1837%
- Travel & lodging$4,88429%
- Food & beverage$10,82963%
- Education$1721%
- Entertainment$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $5,275 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 31 | $2,219 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 87 | $1,799 |
| Philips North America LLC | 18 | $1,017 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $870 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $716 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $567 |
| Pfizer | 32 | $555 |
| Novartis | 25 | $467 |
| Amgen | 18 | $430 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $367 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 7 | $365 |
| Abbott | 11 | $355 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $334 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 17 | $258 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $221 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $183 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $116 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $116 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $78 |
| Merck | 5 | $75 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $70 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $39 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $38 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $26 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Micra$1,880
- Carto 3$803
- CAMZYOS$639
- (9124) LM Undivided$458
- Solia$393
- Rivacor$393
- BioMonitor$393
- Edora$393
- Acticor$393
- OPTIMIZER$282
- Watchman$225
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$187
- ENSITE$172
- ELIQUIS$125
- XARELTO$120
- WATCHMAN FLX$117
- JARDIANCE$116
- Repatha$105
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$101
How this compares
$17,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina →
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 | 342 | $273,542 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 80 | $63,077 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 32 | $35,225 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $23,613 |
| Dofetilide | 79 | $12,275 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 544 | $8,576 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 125 | $5,624 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 29 | $3,718 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 215 | $2,752 |
| Digoxin | 137 | $2,429 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 63 | $2,367 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 103 | $1,825 |
| Losartan Potassium | 159 | $1,690 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 84 | $1,533 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 64 | $1,075 |
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 | $555 | $273,542342 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $567 | $63,07780 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $467 | $35,22532 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $221 | $23,61328 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 50th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Fayetteville
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
- Gregory HarrisGreenville$164K
- John CatanzaroGreenville$159K
- Kevin ManochaRaleigh$146K
- Albert SunDurham$138K
- Manish JainConcord$127K
- Sameh MobarekCary$120K
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.