Michael Nassif, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Kansas City, MONPI 1538398300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boehringer Ingelheim at 29.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $24,499 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $24 in 2024.
Across 70 payments — averaging $455.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$9K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$7K
- Abbott$6K
- Amgen$4K
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$3K
- Vifor (international) Ltd.$1K
- plus $1K from 6 others
Across 190 payments — averaging $8286.40 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.
- Endotronix, Inc.$709K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$444K
- AstraZeneca$237K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$70K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$49K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$35K
- plus $28K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,05047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,45230%
- Travel & lodging$2,5608%
- Food & beverage$4,81615%
- Education$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $9,452 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 8 | $6,800 |
| Abbott | 39 | $5,885 |
| Amgen | 4 | $3,840 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $3,103 |
| Vifor (international) Ltd. | 1 | $1,350 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $868 |
| Endotronix, Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $163 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $89 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$9,452
- CD cobas Reagents$6,692
- CardioMEMS HF System$3,587
- Veltassa$3,037
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$839
- Corlanor$427
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$422
- CARDIOMEMS$274
- CORDELLA PULOMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSOR$179
- ViewFlex Xtra ICE Catheter$162
- HeartMate Touch$147
- AVVIGO Guidance System$137
- Repatha$112
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$106
- GlideWire$100
How this compares
$31,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 295 | $436,545 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 219 | $263,274 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 194 | $222,264 |
| CamzyosMavacamten | 21 | $160,053 |
| EliquisApixaban | 106 | $101,746 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 65 | $73,081 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 46 | $50,928 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $32,532 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 38 | $31,514 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 19 | $20,323 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 21 | $11,723 |
| Sirolimus | 23 | $9,492 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 19 | $6,761 |
| Tacrolimus | 69 | $5,789 |
| Eplerenone | 40 | $2,340 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $32 | $436,545295 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $9,452 | $263,274219 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 70th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Kansas City
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- Andrew KaoKansas City$9K
- Taiyeb KhumriKansas City$2K
- Bethany AustinKansas City$1K
- Stephanie LawhornKansas City$238
- Mark EverleyKansas City$119
- Andrew SauerLees Summit$411K
- Gerard OghlakianSpringfield$365K
- Shane LarueHannibal$41K
- Gregory EwaldSaint Louis$35K
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.