Sandeep Kamath, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1417974155
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.5% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $27,892.
Across 99 payments — averaging $69.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Philips North America LLC$849
- Abiomed$271
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$89
- GE HealthCare$27
Across 46 payments — averaging $4726.51 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$130K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$49K
- Novartis$38K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,53051%
- Food & beverage$3,30548%
- Education$891%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 61 | $3,638 |
| Abbott | 30 | $2,050 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $849 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $271 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $27 |
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.
- Micra$1,261
- AVEIR$971
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$837
- Trilogy 100$383
- GlideLight$366
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$310
- ASSURITY$151
- Impella$124
- Claria MRI$116
How this compares
$6,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OpsumitMacitentan | 78 | $970,568 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 22 | $531,366 |
| Tyvaso DpiTreprostinil | 12 | $270,012 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 142 | $174,059 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 11 | $151,997 |
| EliquisApixaban | 131 | $151,273 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 81 | $89,908 |
| Ambrisentan | 19 | $85,547 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 57 | $55,655 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 22 | $17,931 |
| Torsemide | 99 | $3,667 |
| Carvedilol | 392 | $3,111 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 18 | $2,252 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 22 | $1,713 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 202 | $1,522 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit, Uptravi | $89 | $1,501,933100 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 15th percentile of 233 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Texas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Fort Worth
- Theodore TakataFort Worth$396K
- Aleem MughalFort Worth$112K
- Senthil ThambidoraiFort Worth$100K
- Michael DelaughterBedford$1.6M
- Andrea NataleAustin$1.3M
- Jason ZagrodzkyAustin$961K
- Amin Al-AhmadAustin$771K
- Dale YooMcKinney$585K
- Rodney HortonAustin$553K
- Jose Cuellar SilvaWebster$502K
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.