Nahush Mokadam, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1053422337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $42,082 of the $69,455 with a category attached, or 60.6%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.8% of the total.
Across 112 payments — averaging $620.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$26K
- Medtronic$26K
- Intuitive Surgical$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$135
- Abiomed$126
Across 40 payments — averaging $1833.77 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$38K
- Abbott$33K
- Carmat$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,08261%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,80011%
- Grants$670%
- Travel & lodging$3,4465%
- Food & beverage$3,2865%
- Education$12,77518%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 32 | $26,237 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $25,634 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 28 | $15,523 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $1,800 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $135 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $126 |
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.
- HeartMate$14,663
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,008
- DAVINCI XI$7,000
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$4,650
- HeartWare HVAD$4,468
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$3,150
- ETHIBOND EXCEL$1,800
- PROLENE$1,800
- STRATAFIX$1,800
- AMPLATZER Occluders$1,725
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$841
- Epic$551
- HeartMate Touch$181
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$135
- HeartMate PHP$132
- ABSOLUTE PRO$129
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$122
- Avalus$108
How this compares
$69,455 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Columbus
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Bryan WhitsonColumbus$64K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
- Maziar KhorsandiColumbus$44K
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.