Thar Elbaage, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · El Paso, TXNPI 1851336341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. at 34.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $104, 5.5 times the $19 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,258.
Across 9 payments — averaging $23.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$75
- AstraZeneca$51
- GSK$41
- Sanofi$19
- Itamar Medical Inc$17
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$11
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$214100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $51 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$214 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease 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.
Other cardiovascular disease in El Paso
- David TurbayEl Paso$175K
- Venkatachalam MulukutlaEl Paso$157K
- Juan TaverasEl Paso$91K
- Ramin Farzaneh-FarDallas$17.1M
- John OsborneGrapevine$1.3M
- Darren McGuireDallas$1.2M
- Peter McCulloughDallas$664K
- Ann NavarDallas$616K
- Biykem BozkurtHouston$606K
- Milton PackerDallas$530K
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.