Nasir Sulemanjee
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1396940979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,604 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $931 in 2025.
Across 86 payments — averaging $180.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$574
- Abiomed$427
- Cvrx, Inc.$357
Across 174 payments — averaging $2642.29 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.
- Abbott$420K
- Transmedics, Inc.$15K
- Novartis$10K
- Pfizer$7K
- Medtronic$4K
- Amgen$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,11520%
- Travel & lodging$5,94138%
- Food & beverage$6,47942%
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 | 50 | $8,090 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 12 | $4,059 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $2,029 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $574 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $427 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 5 | $357 |
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.
- AccuCinch$4,049
- CardioMEMS HF System$2,459
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$2,024
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$1,495
- HeartWare HVAD$592
- Tandem Life Kit$574
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$484
- CARDIOMEMS$361
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$298
- Barostim Neo System$296
- MitraClip$154
- Impella$135
- CentriMag$125
- Simulus$102
How this compares
Too few advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Wisconsinto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 25 | $562,510 |
| VyndaqelTafamidis Meglumine | 14 | $278,039 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 182 | $271,578 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 192 | $235,115 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 58 | $62,712 |
| EliquisApixaban | 65 | $61,002 |
| Tacrolimus | 268 | $35,539 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 234 | $24,532 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $17,578 |
| Sirolimus | 43 | $13,084 |
| Eplerenone | 63 | $4,861 |
| Potassium Chloride | 100 | $4,814 |
| Cyclosporine ModifiedCyclosporine, Modified | 26 | $3,973 |
| Torsemide | 112 | $3,370 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 17 | $2,838 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Milwaukee
- Dianne ZwickeMilwaukee$56K
- Ravi DhingraMilwaukee$27K
- Rajakrishnan VijayakrishnanMilwaukee$6K
- Mitchell SaltzbergMilwaukee$5K
- Jacob LuthmanMilwaukee$4K
- Jose MendezMilwaukee$4K
- Asad GhafoorMilwaukee$3K
- Renee KurselMilwaukee$845
- Somto NwaedozieMadison$16K
- Jose Iturrizaga MurrietaSheboygan$8K
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.