RxDoctor Payments Data

Samer Kazziha, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Sterling Heights, MINPI 1548243835

Payments from drug & device makers

$82,617in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,123 payments — averaging $73.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Biotronik Inc.$28K
  • AstraZeneca$12K
  • Amgen$7K
  • Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$6K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$5K
  • Medtronic$3K
  • plus $21K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$20,90036%
  • Grants$8,00014%
  • Travel & lodging$4,8338%
  • Food & beverage$24,02141%
  • Education$7291%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Biotronik Inc.105$28,474
AstraZeneca64$12,491
Amgen90$6,707
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.37$5,870
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)41$5,415
Medtronic(2 entities)30$3,026
Boston Scientific41$2,516
Penumbra, Inc.8$2,034
Novartis139$1,804
Johnson & Johnson129$1,486
Abbott23$1,195
Pfizer61$1,134
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.81$1,079
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.12$951
Philips North America LLC7$747
Edwards Lifesciences7$690
Novo Nordisk19$612
Amarin Pharma, Inc.37$551
Abiomed15$525
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.6$519
Astellas Pharma US Inc8$496
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.11$462
Recor Medical Inc6$435
Merck21$417
Chiesi USA, Inc.7$255
Inari Medical, Inc.5$250
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.3$245
Boehringer Ingelheim11$219
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.8$175
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.10$171
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.4$138
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$133
Livanova USA, Inc.3$126
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC9$124
Shockwave Medical, Inc1$109
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.6$94
Heartflow, Inc.4$80
Teleflex LLC1$79
GSK3$63
Gilead5$61
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC3$53
Cardiva Medical, Inc.2$51
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$45
Smith+Nephew2$42
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.2$40
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.3$37
Angiodynamics, Inc.2$31
Baxter Healthcare2$30
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.2$28
Cleerly, Inc.1$26
Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express2$25
Getinge USA Sales, LLC1$24
Stryker1$23
Medicomp Inc1$22
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$22
Osprey Medical Inc3$22
CMP Pharma, Inc.1$20
Bsn Medical Inc1$20
Bayer1$19
Irhythm Technologies, Inc.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.

How this compares

$82,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$477,279
Medicare patients
763
Services billed
4,162

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban171$231,885
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan90$124,753
XareltoRivaroxaban95$116,565
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab75$71,245
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol29$31,902
Metoprolol Succinate584$11,713
BrilintaTicagrelor13$8,578
Atorvastatin Calcium540$7,585
Losartan Potassium339$5,059
Rosuvastatin Calcium187$3,714
Ezetimibe141$3,521
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate153$3,352
Carvedilol207$2,987
Amiodarone Hcl42$2,872
Labetalol Hcl72$2,728

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$1,134$231,885171 claims
NovartisEntresto$1,804$124,75390 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,486$116,56595 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$12,491$40,48042 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 85th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.

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