Tahsin Qarqish
Cardiovascular Disease · Jackson, MSNPI 1952863466
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (52.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $31,867, more than ten times the $13 reported in 2020. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 233 payments — averaging $168.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Abbott$8K
- Biotronik Inc.$7K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$604
- AstraZeneca$378
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,37552%
- Travel & lodging$9,19223%
- Food & beverage$9,36724%
- Education$2701%
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 | 7 | $12,674 |
| Abbott | 7 | $8,417 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 64 | $7,328 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $7,046 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 13 | $604 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $378 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 11 | $376 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $341 |
| Novartis | 17 | $279 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $228 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $205 |
| Bayer | 7 | $187 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $184 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $124 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $122 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Merck | 5 | $108 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- ASSURITY$4,500
- TACTICATH$3,375
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,189
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,766
- Farapulse$1,592
- PAMIRA$661
- AMVIA EDGE$661
- Solia$661
- Selectra$661
- ENSITE$270
- LOKELMA$125
- XARELTO$125
- JARDIANCE$125
- BRILINTA$124
- Micra$114
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$113
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$107
- Carto 3$107
- QDOT MICRO$103
How this compares
$39,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 144 cardiovascular disease providers in Mississippi.
Other cardiovascular disease in Jackson
- Donny StokesJackson$207K
- James BenslerJackson$64K
- Michael HallJackson$54K
- Christopher LatourJackson$33K
- Varun SardarJackson$31K
- Olurotimi BaderoJackson$20K
- Michael PaymentJackson$16K
- James HaysJackson$16K
- Douglas HarkinsJackson$14K
- Aditya SabharwalJackson$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.