Vishal Vyas, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Houma, LANPI 1154516938
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $747 of the $1,222 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $554 and has fallen 81.5% since, to $102 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $18,132.
Across 40 payments — averaging $30.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$531
- Abbott$288
- Novartis$99
- Pfizer$79
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$64
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$40
- plus $121 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47539%
- Food & beverage$74761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3 | $531 |
| Abbott | 14 | $288 |
| Novartis | 5 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $79 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $64 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $40 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $30 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$1,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 0th percentile of 43 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Louisiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 202 | $230,158 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 16 | $22,933 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $22,456 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 32 | $15,539 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 24 | $12,725 |
| Ezetimibe | 43 | $846 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 122 | $829 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 56 | $690 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 79 | $574 |
| Carvedilol | 76 | $468 |
| Furosemide | 67 | $314 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $300 |
| Atenolol | 29 | $262 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 23 | $186 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 19 | $172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $79 | $230,158202 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $99 | $22,93316 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 0th percentile of 43 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Louisiana.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Houma
- Kanwar SinghHouma$14K
- Nassir MarroucheNew Orleans$498K
- Sammy KhatibNew Orleans$115K
- Paul LelorierNew Orleans$101K
- Adil YousufNew Orleans$101K
- Mark PolletBaton Rouge$90K
- Joshua AymondBaton Rouge$64K
- Michael BernardNew Orleans$59K
- Dedric ClarkeNew Orleans$51K
- Eoin DonnellanLafayette$48K
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.