Samer Ajam, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Hobart, INNPI 1467680942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 57 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 28.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,480, 3.4 times the $5,808 reported in 2019.
Across 860 payments — averaging $58.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$14K
- Medtronic$14K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$1K
- plus $13K from 51 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,15634%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,6007%
- Travel & lodging$10,69321%
- Food & beverage$18,43437%
- Education$740%
- Entertainment$150%
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.
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.
- Hillrom - Carnation Ambulatory Monitor$13,692
- Micra$2,111
- Performa$1,475
- Carto 3 System$1,391
- Carto 3$1,237
- Watchman$1,049
- Rapiblyk$958
- PRADAXA$870
- AVEIR$866
- Cook Medical Lead Extraction$467
- Cook Medical Lead Management - Lead Extraction$256
- VERQUVO$250
- WATCHMAN FLX$144
- Hillrom - CP 200 Resting Electrocardiograph$138
- Azure$135
- PRALUENT$108
- IN.PACT Admiral$103
- PulseSelect$103
- WatchPATONE$103
How this compares
$49,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Indiana.
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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 | 422 | $356,221 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 134 | $165,609 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 41 | $43,265 |
| Dofetilide | 70 | $16,866 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $16,397 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 11 | $7,411 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 282 | $3,775 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $2,323 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 50 | $2,039 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 58 | $1,979 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 46 | $1,416 |
| Digoxin | 70 | $1,362 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 28 | $1,210 |
| Colchicine | 56 | $1,200 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 28 | $660 |
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 | $468 | $356,221422 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,252 | $165,609134 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $56 | $43,26541 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $295 | $16,39714 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $870 | $7,41111 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 80th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Indiana.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Hobart
- Tarek AjamHobart$53K
- Eric PrystowskyIndianapolis$1.1M
- Chad BonhommeWestfield$925K
- Kevin TrulockIndianapolis$402K
- Sharath VipparthyIndianapolis$114K
- Jasen GilgeIndianapolis$93K
- Vincent KeatingIndianapolis$80K
- Christopher ReedIndianapolis$80K
- Marcelle StuckyIndianapolis$76K
- Joseph SzwedIndianapolis$67K
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.