RxDoctor Payments Data

Wissam Gharib, MD

Interventional Cardiology · Morgantown, WVNPI 1386757037

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 44 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 54.3% of the total. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in WV 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.

$178,736in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 977 payments — averaging $182.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$97K
  • Recor Medical Inc$14K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$13K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$12K
  • Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$9K
  • Biotronik Inc.$7K
  • plus $26K from 38 others
$371,159in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 116 payments — averaging $3199.65 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$283K
  • Abbott$59K
  • Recor Medical Inc$28K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$55,27531%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$62,34335%
  • Travel & lodging$24,81514%
  • Food & beverage$36,29620%
  • Education$70%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$178,736 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 interventional cardiology providers in West Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$273,119
Medicare patients
1,237
Services billed
3,248

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan57$90,724
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab44$42,172
EliquisApixaban42$31,093
XareltoRivaroxaban24$29,923
BrilintaTicagrelor38$25,724
Clonidine37$5,137
Metoprolol Succinate177$2,767
Ranolazine ErRanolazine20$1,809
Losartan Potassium114$1,226
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate77$1,215
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate112$1,209
Rosuvastatin Calcium61$1,088
Potassium Chloride68$989
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide46$913
Nitroglycerin32$697

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
NovartisEntresto$975$90,72457 claims
PfizerEliquis$33$31,09342 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$563$29,92324 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta$465$25,72438 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 95th percentile of 46 interventional cardiology providers in West Virginia.

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