Paul Sasser, MD
Surgery · Conway, SCNPI 1144226838
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,921 and has fallen 58.6% since, to $2,451 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in SC 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 60 payments — averaging $238.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$11K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$246
- Stryker$170
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$150
- Intuitive Surgical$100
- plus $609 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,43817%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,37551%
- Travel & lodging$2,02814%
- Food & beverage$2,49517%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 19 | $11,138 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $1,922 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $246 |
| Stryker | 2 | $170 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $100 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $72 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $51 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $48 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$14,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 553 surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 107 | $2,124 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 33 | $457 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $173 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Conway
- Jeremy WeinbergerConway$22K
- Aaron EpsteinConway$20K
- Zaher NuwayhidConway$16K
- Ari KramerSpartanburg$502K
- Chitharanjan PullattranaCharleston$408K
- John ScottGreenville$242K
- Jason CundiffGreenville$235K
- Steven KahnCharleston$197K
- John KramerPawleys Island$194K
- William CobbGreenville$159K
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.