Rayhan Saiani
Cardiovascular Disease · Greenwich, CTNPI 1811494651
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 77 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 25.1% of the total.
Across 77 payments — averaging $35.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$686
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$405
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$246
- Pfizer$188
- Amgen$186
- Medtronic$149
- plus $872 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,730100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $686 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 10 | $405 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 9 | $246 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $188 |
| Amgen | 3 | $186 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $149 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Novartis | 6 | $119 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $72 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $62 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $62 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $59 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $45 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bayer | 1 | $27 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 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.
- OPTIMIZER$274
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$149
- SUPERA$138
- Zilver PTX$131
- ASSURITY$122
- HeartMate Touch$116
- JETI$103
How this compares
$2,730 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 415 cardiovascular disease providers in Connecticut.
Other cardiovascular disease in Greenwich
- Glenn GandelmanGreenwich$10K
- Nihar DesaiNew Haven$1.4M
- Brett NowlanBloomfield$798K
- Jeffery TestaniNew Haven$546K
- Carlos Mena-HurtadoNew Haven$460K
- Stephanie SaucierHartford$243K
- John ForrestNew Haven$164K
- Henry WardNew Haven$152K
- Ricardo CordidoHamden$135K
- Antonio FernandezHartford$113K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.