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Nassir Azimi, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · la Mesa, CANPI 1366438764

Payments from drug & device makers

$782,654in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,566 payments — averaging $499.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$348K
  • Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$139K
  • Bayer$129K
  • AstraZeneca$62K
  • Cardinal Health 200 LLC$15K
  • American Regent$14K
  • plus $75K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$96,02312%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$560,11772%
  • Travel & lodging$77,65210%
  • Food & beverage$44,9206%
  • Education$2850%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Johnson & Johnson366$348,448
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.128$138,759
Bayer137$128,888
AstraZeneca146$61,617
Cardinal Health 200 LLC13$15,293
American Regent1$14,370
Cvrx, Inc.52$14,254
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.62$12,354
Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc.9$11,711
Novo Nordisk30$8,036
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)49$6,486
Edwards Lifesciences39$2,031
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.12$1,651
Medtronic(2 entities)27$1,452
Boston Scientific17$1,404
Novartis67$1,246
Philips North America LLC9$1,163
Boehringer Ingelheim36$1,108
Amgen52$1,070
Abbott21$1,065
Merck25$889
Pfizer40$735
Biotronik Inc.20$615
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company5$535
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.19$506
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.6$486
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$454
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC22$443
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$390
Abiomed9$385
GSK4$382
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.22$361
Amarin Pharma, Inc.20$330
AOP Health US, LLC1$270
Sanofi2$246
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.7$234
Chiesi USA, Inc.4$231
United Therapeutics Corporation2$215
Penumbra, Inc.1$160
EKOS Corporation1$139
Lilly USA, LLC3$136
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.6$133
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$133
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.3$131
Inari Medical, Inc.6$127
Gilead1$125
UCB, Inc.1$125
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$125
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC1$125
Acera Surgical, Inc.1$107
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.4$106
ZOLL Circulation Inc1$98
Baxter Healthcare3$95
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.2$84
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.3$79
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC2$66
Itamar Medical Inc3$63
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.2$56
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC2$53
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$49

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.

How this compares

$782,654 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,652,213
Medicare patients
1,448
Services billed
26,136

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan728$910,514
XareltoRivaroxaban308$398,638
EliquisApixaban244$275,488
BrilintaTicagrelor195$148,487
MultaqDronedarone Hcl90$148,212
JardianceEmpagliflozin81$75,634
OzempicSemaglutide56$70,587
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol54$58,559
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl89$57,746
NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe44$34,322
InvokanaCanagliflozin23$32,828
Repatha SyringeEvolocumab29$26,158
WegovySemaglutide16$21,113
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab27$18,381
KerendiaFinerenone20$18,351

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
NovartisEntresto$1,246$910,514728 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokana$348,448$431,466331 claims
PfizerEliquis$735$275,488244 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga$61,617$207,045249 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq$443$148,21290 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Wegovy$8,036$91,70072 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$1,108$75,63481 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol$12,354$52,48372 claims
BayerKerendia$128,888$18,35120 claims
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo$361$10,25813 claims
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inpefa$454$7,53011 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 95th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

Other cardiovascular disease in la Mesa

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