Sana Shoukat, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Houston, TXNPI 1114243888
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.9% of the total across 212 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 41.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,946, 4.7 times the $630 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $11,093.
Across 212 payments — averaging $33.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- AstraZeneca$708
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$563
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$360
- Abiomed$343
- Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.$332
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5358%
- Food & beverage$6,37891%
- Education$1051%
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 | 39 | $2,894 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $708 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 39 | $563 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $360 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $343 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $332 |
| Merck | 16 | $321 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $223 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $184 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $168 |
| Novartis | 9 | $161 |
| Amgen | 6 | $126 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $80 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $68 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $49 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Analog Devices Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,254
- CARDIOMEMS$639
- HeartMate Touch$134
- Attruby$124
- BRILINTA$119
- AVEIR$105
How this compares
$7,018 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 75 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Texas.
See all advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Texas →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CamzyosMavacamten | 22 | $169,453 |
| EliquisApixaban | 69 | $87,962 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 59 | $72,091 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $40,007 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 25 | $31,304 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $20,236 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $16,739 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 147 | $783 |
| Losartan Potassium | 86 | $779 |
| Torsemide | 38 | $749 |
| Spironolactone | 81 | $723 |
| Carvedilol | 85 | $721 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 93 | $644 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 44 | $565 |
| Bumetanide | 18 | $539 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Camzyos | $563 | $169,45322 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $68 | $87,96269 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $161 | $72,09159 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $708 | $56,74551 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $35 | $20,23616 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 40th percentile of 75 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Texas.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Houston
- Barry TrachtenbergHouston$306K
- Arvind BhimarajHouston$216K
- Ajith NairHouston$80K
- Ashrith GuhaHouston$61K
- Cindy MartinHouston$47K
- Leo SimpsonHouston$30K
- Andrew CivitelloHouston$19K
- Rayan YousefzaiHouston$8K
- Ju KimHouston$7K
- Janardhana GorthiHouston$5K
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.