Samer Mehio
Cardiovascular Disease · Canton, GANPI 1144718412
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 130 payments — averaging $32.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$715
- Abbott$454
- Boehringer Ingelheim$397
- Pfizer$289
- AstraZeneca$241
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$228
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,90194%
- Education$2706%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 8 | $715 |
| Abbott | 7 | $454 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $397 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $289 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $241 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $228 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $221 |
| Bayer | 5 | $211 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $181 |
| Novartis | 11 | $175 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $142 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $138 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $108 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $47 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 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.
- Impella$501
- ENSITE$270
- JARDIANCE$207
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$121
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$121
- ZIO Patch$102
How this compares
$4,171 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 30 | $334 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 15 | $179 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $177 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $150 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Canton
- Narendra SinghJohns Creek$5.4M
- Elizabeth OfiliAtlanta$4.5M
- Sanjay YadavAtlanta$3.7M
- Arshed QuyyumiAtlanta$3.4M
- Naresh ParikhNorcross$2.8M
- Nicolas ChronosEatonton$2.4M
- Bobby KhanAtlanta$1.7M
- Hunter ChampionColumbus$1.5M
- David SuhTucker$1.1M
- Michael MorrisAtlanta$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.