Tom Lassar
Cardiovascular Disease · Cleveland, OHNPI 1487670048
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $15,300 of the $21,215 with a category attached, or 72.1%. Chiesi USA, Inc. accounts for 78.7% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,435 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $247 in 2024.
Across 84 payments — averaging $252.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$17K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$2K
- Abiomed$285
- AstraZeneca$252
- Pfizer$248
- Abbott$201
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,0009%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,30072%
- Travel & lodging$8544%
- Food & beverage$2,97714%
- Education$80%
- Gifts$750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 22 | $16,690 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $2,000 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $285 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $252 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $248 |
| Abbott | 2 | $201 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $192 |
| Novartis | 12 | $161 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $147 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $145 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $111 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $110 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $63 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $60 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $25 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Amgen | 1 | $11 |
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.
- KENGREAL$15,895
- XARELTO$2,125
- GUIDELINER$145
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$137
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$137
- VYNDAQEL$123
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$118
- Watchman$111
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$110
- Impella$107
- Xience Sierra Coronary Stent System$104
How this compares
$21,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 827 cardiovascular disease providers in Ohio.
Other cardiovascular disease in Cleveland
- Guilherme AttizzaniCleveland$1.3M
- Abraham LincoffCleveland$369K
- Oussama WazniCleveland$367K
- Ian NeelandCleveland$329K
- Mazen HannaCleveland$208K
- Brian HoitCleveland$207K
- Steven NissenCleveland$149K
- Daniel CantillonCleveland$140K
- Serge HarbCleveland$134K
- Wael JaberCleveland$124K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.