Philippe Akhrass, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Staten Island, NYNPI 1992762108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.5%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,365 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $132 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $18,433.
Across 97 payments — averaging $95.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$6K
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$441
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$241
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$87
- Atricure, Inc.$85
- plus $89 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,91021%
- Travel & lodging$4,04443%
- Food & beverage$3,25035%
- Education$1001%
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 | 28 | $5,560 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $2,801 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $441 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 8 | $241 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $87 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
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.
- AVEIR$2,696
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$1,910
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$577
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$469
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$164
- ASSURITY$162
- LINQ II$149
- AMPLATZER$147
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$138
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$132
- GALLANT$125
How this compares
$9,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 214 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New York.
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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 | 27 | $33,458 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $30,106 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 11 | $11,946 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 37 | $1,860 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 69 | $1,659 |
| Tiadylt ErDiltiazem Hcl | 22 | $236 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Staten Island
- Marcin KowalskiStaten Island$119K
- Valay ParikhStaten Island$49K
- Vivek ReddyNew York$14.9M
- Jacob KoruthNew York$3.7M
- Srinivas DukkipatiNew York$2.7M
- Amir AhmadiNew York$789K
- Larry ChinitzNew York$448K
- Felix YangBrooklyn$407K
- James IpNew York$347K
- Stavros MountantonakisManhasset$321K
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.