Talal Akhter, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Akron, OHNPI 1356760995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.5%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Penumbra, Inc. accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,254 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $730 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $137.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$4K
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$548
- Medtronic$305
- Inari Medical, Inc.$248
- Stryker$231
- Boston Scientific$154
- plus $263 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4507%
- Travel & lodging$3,18851%
- Food & beverage$2,30237%
- Education$2524%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 18 | $4,443 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $548 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 3 | $305 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $248 |
| Stryker | 3 | $231 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $154 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $37 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Indigo System$2,163
- RUBY Coil$2,002
- Clot Management$450
- MVP$252
- SPINEJACK$150
- FlowTriever$148
- ClotTriever$148
How this compares
$6,192 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 125 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Ohio.
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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.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Akron
- Abed Al-Hamid GhandourAkron$3K
- Nathan FrantzAkron$2K
- James McGrawColumbus$222K
- Fred MoesleinColumbus$205K
- Mamdouh KhayatColumbus$159K
- Charles MartinCleveland$122K
- Lucy la PernaColumbus$105K
- Seetharam ChadalavadaCincinnati$96K
- Deepak SudheendraDublin$57K
- Kamal MorarKettering$56K
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.