Nazanin Houshmand
Internal Medicine · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1770106890
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.7% of the total across 144 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,070, 6.5 times the $474 reported in 2023. Among internal medicine clinicians in NV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 144 payments — averaging $37.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$577
- Abbott$468
- Medtronic$421
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$259
- Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.$251
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,98893%
- Education$3907%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 47 | $1,080 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 21 | $577 |
| Abbott | 5 | $468 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $421 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $259 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $251 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $251 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $226 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 9 | $189 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $188 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $187 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $155 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Gilead | 1 | $122 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $120 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $94 |
| Bayer | 4 | $93 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $63 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $37 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $26 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 2 | $16 |
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.
- ONYX FRONTIER$221
- FFRangio$174
- GALLANT$161
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$150
- Attruby$143
- CARDIOMEMS$142
- ONPATTRO$123
- Epclusa$122
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$114
- Carto 3$110
- Impella$106
- WATCHMAN Access System$104
How this compares
$5,378 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,071 internal medicine providers in Nevada.
Other internal medicine in Las Vegas
- Kevin DunsmoorLas Vegas$241K
- Robert ChiascioneLas Vegas$174K
- Dino GonzalezLas Vegas$126K
- Rosanne SugayLas Vegas$63K
- Chad HallLas Vegas$42K
- Zubin DamaniaLas Vegas$40K
- Audrey Sue CruzLas Vegas$34K
- Bashab BanerjiLas Vegas$26K
- Amaan ShafiLas Vegas$25K
- Sassan KavehLas Vegas$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.