Sami Hafsa
Anesthesiology · Augusta, GANPI 1023679024
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,610 of the $5,687 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.1% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $2,854, more than ten times the $17 reported in 2020. Among anesthesiology clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 90 payments — averaging $63.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$281
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$267
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$177
- plus $524 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,31023%
- Food & beverage$3,61063%
- Education$76713%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $1,994 |
| Nevro Corp. | 15 | $1,318 |
| Abbott | 34 | $1,126 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $281 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $267 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $40 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $34 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Draeger Medical Systems, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 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.
- VERCISE$836
- Omnia$767
- Senza$353
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$332
- PROCLAIM$277
- mild Device Kit$159
- ReActiv8$154
- SPRINT PNS System$147
- BIOTRONIK$125
- ETERNA$125
- Prospera$106
How this compares
$5,687 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,137 anesthesiology providers in Georgia.
Other anesthesiology in Augusta
- Miguel Plaza LloretAugusta$13K
- Joshua StevensAugusta$12K
- Caryl BaileyAugusta$7K
- Chinar SanghviAugusta$6K
- Andy TruongAugusta$4K
- Jasmeen KaurAugusta$3K
- Stevin DubinAugusta$2K
- Ashish SakharpeAugusta$2K
- Margaret HoltzMarietta$622K
- Mark HamiltonAtlanta$351K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.