Nazem Akoum, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Seattle, WANPI 1265627095
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 71.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $7,912.
Across 33 payments — averaging $184.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Acutus Medical, Inc.$877
- Abbott$507
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$196
- Medtronic$103
- Novo Nordisk$78
Across 30 payments — averaging $10,710 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.
- Philips North America LLC$264K
- Boston Scientific$57K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,25021%
- Travel & lodging$3,37656%
- Food & beverage$1,37923%
- Education$701%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $4,315 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $877 |
| Abbott | 6 | $507 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $196 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $103 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $78 |
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.
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$1,250
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$978
- AVEIR$230
- MULTAQ$196
- ENSITE PRECISION$151
- WATCHMAN FLX$129
- WATCHMAN Access System$103
How this compares
$6,076 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 68 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Washington.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 120 | $176,775 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 33 | $49,158 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 55 | $859 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 36 | $637 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Seattle
- Gust BardySeattle$130.7M
- Babak NazerSeattle$124K
- Toshimasa OkabeSeattle$114K
- Darryl WellsSeattle$112K
- Arun R Mahankali SridharSeattle$94K
- Jeanne PooleSeattle$81K
- David RosenthalSeattle$54K
- Eathar RazakSeattle$50K
- Uyanga BatnyamSeattle$38K
- Carlos AlvesSeattle$29K
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.