Rick Bernstein, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1932182029
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (33.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cardiovascular Systems Inc. at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,364 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $1,880 in 2025.
Across 171 payments — averaging $91.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$882
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,24033%
- Travel & lodging$5,29234%
- Food & beverage$5,17933%
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. | 23 | $5,805 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $2,050 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 16 | $1,910 |
| Abbott | 17 | $1,704 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 10 | $1,094 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 36 | $882 |
| EKOS Corporation | 2 | $720 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $547 |
| Philips North America LLC | 13 | $321 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 6 | $149 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 3 | $139 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| BD | 2 | $47 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $28 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Venclose Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $16 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $14 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Diamondback Peripheral$5,240
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$1,046
- AlphaVac$980
- VENOVO$846
- TurboHawk$830
- EKOSONIC$720
- IN.PACT Admiral$572
- AFX$544
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$200
- Cook$168
- ENDURANT IIS$143
- Zilver PTX$134
- (4066) Tack Endo Sys ATK$121
How this compares
$15,711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 41 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 60 | $43,702 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $11,955 |
| Cilostazol | 34 | $427 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 55 | $362 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Hazem AfifiLas Vegas$41K
- Nauman JahangirLas Vegas$38K
- Quynh FeikesLas Vegas$24K
- Timothy HamiltonLas Vegas$21K
- Giovanni CiuffoLas Vegas$15K
- Serrie LicoLas Vegas$14K
- Harbinder SinghLas Vegas$11K
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.