Salah Amer, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · North Miami Bch, FLNPI 1689780926
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 78 payments — averaging $86.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$662
- Heartflow, Inc.$443
- Novo Nordisk$378
- Edwards Lifesciences$328
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$298
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,730100%
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 | 29 | $3,167 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $662 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $443 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $378 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $328 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 7 | $298 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $191 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $182 |
| Microport CRM USA Inc | 3 | $156 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $102 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $100 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $69 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
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$968
- WATCHMAN FLX$465
- FFRct$443
- Ozempic$357
- GALLANT$326
- QUADRA ASSURA$322
- OPTIMIZER$274
- AMPLATZER AMULET$262
- Confirm Rx$255
- NAVITOR$186
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$182
- Emerge Push$170
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$161
- ASSURITY$154
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$153
- Assure WCD$145
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$139
- Inpefa$122
- XARELTO$117
- MitraClip$110
How this compares
$6,730 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
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 | 353 | $253,922 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 186 | $143,181 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 153 | $93,830 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 38 | $30,734 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 24 | $23,960 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 45 | $19,759 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 14 | $11,851 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 139 | $9,809 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 12 | $9,791 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 23 | $7,868 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 673 | $4,838 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $4,793 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 866 | $4,627 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 207 | $4,312 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 573 | $3,172 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $18 | $253,922353 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $15 | $143,181186 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $102 | $113,589198 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $191 | $30,73438 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $378 | $23,96024 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $100 | $11,85114 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in North Miami Bch
- Michael KorenGainesville$31M
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$11.1M
- Alexis GutierrezHialeah$8M
- Eric SpivackAventura$7.1M
- William OneillNaples$4.6M
- Rafik AbadierInverness$4.4M
- Alvaro MurciaPembroke Pines$4M
- David HotchkissPort Charlotte$4M
- Ferris GeorgeSt Augustine$3.8M
- Duccio BaldariWellington$3.5M
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.