M Obadah Al Chekakie, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Shawnee Mission, KSNPI 1982853610
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,388 of the $15,884 with a category attached, or 71.7%. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 28.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $20,088.
Across 553 payments — averaging $28.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$642
- Amgen$593
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,54122%
- Food & beverage$11,38872%
- Education$9546%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 115 | $4,586 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 103 | $2,561 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 46 | $2,292 |
| Abbott | 26 | $1,713 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 43 | $642 |
| Amgen | 36 | $593 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $331 |
| Novartis | 17 | $287 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 12 | $284 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $274 |
| Merck | 13 | $217 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $207 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $198 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $195 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 7 | $192 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $144 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $114 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $105 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $91 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $55 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Bayer | 2 | $45 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $38 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $22 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $14 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Watchman$1,145
- EMBLEM$862
- AVEIR$820
- Evera$811
- Carto 3$638
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$382
- Farapulse$249
- CARDIOMEMS$154
- XIENCE SIERRA$150
- WATCHMAN Access System$139
- Carto 3 System$124
- Vascepa$122
- Rhythmia Mapping System$109
How this compares
$15,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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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 | 1,361 | $1,525,519 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 505 | $579,042 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 201 | $246,897 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 201 | $241,088 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 69 | $118,275 |
| Dofetilide | 179 | $33,263 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 34 | $26,268 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 324 | $16,055 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 380 | $8,984 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 292 | $8,901 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 658 | $8,155 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 21 | $7,773 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 346 | $4,406 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 200 | $4,152 |
| Diltiazem 12hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 17 | $3,852 |
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 | $331 | $1,525,5191,361 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $642 | $579,042505 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $55 | $246,897201 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $287 | $241,088201 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $207 | $118,27569 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 40th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Shawnee Mission
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Rakesh GopinathannairOverland Park$425K
- Rhea PimentelKansas City$163K
- Naga Venkata PothineniOverland Park$162K
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
- Seth SheldonKansas City$64K
- Anila RaoKansas City$57K
- Raghuveer DendiKansas City$53K
- Douglas DardenOverland Park$52K
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.