John Najjar, MD
Vascular Surgery · Worcester, MANPI 1487630935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,795 and has fallen 77.0% since, to $642 in 2025.
Across 135 payments — averaging $71.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Cordis US CORP.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$628
- Abiomed$137
- plus $898 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80019%
- Travel & lodging$2,50526%
- Food & beverage$5,30555%
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) | 70 | $3,816 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $1,860 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,227 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $1,044 |
| Endologix LLC | 14 | $628 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $137 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $98 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $88 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $69 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $35 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $32 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Derma Sciences, 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,202
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,202
- Valiant Captivia$1,002
- ENDURANT IIS$826
- TurboHawk$418
- C3 Delivery System$253
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$240
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$177
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$144
- Endurant$133
- HYDROFERA BLUE$131
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$129
- UPTRAVI$122
- OPSUMIT$122
How this compares
$9,610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 142 vascular surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 72 | $59,427 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $26,805 |
| Cilostazol | 134 | $5,400 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 212 | $5,049 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 26 | $706 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 30 | $378 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $192 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Worcester
- Dejah JudelsonWorcester$92K
- Andres SchanzerWorcester$84K
- Edward ArousWorcester$29K
- Elizabeth MahanorWorcester$7K
- Elias ArousWorcester$6K
- Thomas OdonnellBoston$845K
- Scott JamesPlymouth$199K
- Anahita DuaBoston$186K
- Jonathan GertlerWeston$90K
- Richard PinNorth Dartmouth$73K
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.