Newaj Abdullah, MD
Anesthesiology · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1497140560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,585 of the $4,005 with a category attached, or 64.6%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 52.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,521 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $67 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 30 payments — averaging $133.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Stratus Medical, LLC$107
- Nevro Corp.$101
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$76
- Merck$56
- plus $111 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,58565%
- Food & beverage$1,41935%
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 | 8 | $2,112 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $1,441 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 2 | $107 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $101 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $76 |
| Merck | 3 | $56 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $48 |
| Stryker | 1 | $46 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$1,837
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$371
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$358
- Proclaim IPG$176
- Omnia$101
How this compares
$4,005 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 510 anesthesiology providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 24 | $310 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $195 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $147 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Salt Lake City
- Shane BroganSalt Lake City$104K
- Nathaniel BirgenheierSalt Lake City$24K
- Zachary JergensenSalt Lake City$16K
- Kenward JohnsonSalt Lake City$15K
- Sheldon FurstSalt Lake City$13K
- Aaron SmithSalt Lake City$8K
- Tyson JergensenSalt Lake City$3K
- Kris NaowamondholSalt Lake City$3K
- Talmage EganSalt Lake City$2K
- Christine ChenSalt Lake City$2K
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.