Walid Saliba, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1013974856
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 77.1% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $202,325, 4.1 times the $48,832 reported in 2019. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 567 payments — averaging $901.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$394K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$31K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$22K
- Atricure, Inc.$22K
- Volta Medical Inc$15K
- Medtronic$12K
- plus $16K from 10 others
Across 266 payments — averaging $18,055 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$4.7M
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$86K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$21K
- Abbott$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$251,27649%
- Speaking & faculty fees$110,10522%
- Grants$8,5002%
- Travel & lodging$113,64422%
- Food & beverage$27,3935%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 412 | $393,755 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 43 | $30,723 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 18 | $21,594 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 23 | $21,566 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 7 | $14,648 |
| Medtronic | 28 | $12,166 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $4,277 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $4,268 |
| Abbott | 20 | $4,170 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $2,149 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim MENA (scientific Office) Fz-llc | 1 | $1,000 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $268 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $140 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $64 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 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.
- Farapulse$125,378
- WATCHMAN Access System$67,055
- Watchman$52,375
- WATCHMAN FLX$49,149
- Carto 3$20,959
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$19,447
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$19,306
- VX1$14,479
- Carto 3 System$12,427
- ACUSON Origin Diagnostic Ultrasound System$12,327
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$8,746
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$7,000
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$6,631
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$6,000
- GENERAL EP$5,502
- Spectranetics Undiv$4,000
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$2,100
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$1,596
- Thermocool SF$1,342
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$1,124
How this compares
$510,918 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 301 | $312,678 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 49 | $69,186 |
| Dofetilide | 115 | $34,242 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 99 | $4,464 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 124 | $1,944 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 36 | $616 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 17 | $441 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 38 | $161 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cleveland
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Judith MackallCleveland$129K
- Albert WaldoCleveland$127K
- Thomas CallahanCleveland$119K
- Ayman HusseinCleveland$98K
- Muhammad ButtCleveland$82K
- Arshneel KocharCleveland$49K
- Shady NakhlaCleveland$47K
- Mauricio ArrudaCleveland$38K
- Maki OnoCleveland$37K
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.