Yasser Sammour
Atlanta, GANPI 1972064947
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.8% of the total across 159 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,478 and has fallen 71.8% since, to $981 in 2025.
Across 159 payments — averaging $47.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abbott$934
- Amgen$676
- Edwards Lifesciences$326
- Philips North America LLC$325
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$671%
- Travel & lodging$621%
- Food & beverage$6,85191%
- Education$5678%
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 | 49 | $2,809 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $1,387 |
| Abbott | 16 | $934 |
| Amgen | 33 | $676 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $326 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $325 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $246 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $234 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $122 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $108 |
| Merck | 1 | $78 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Novartis | 1 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,135
- ENSITE$402
- ONYX FRONTIER$320
- RESOLUTE ONYX$232
- AVVIGO Guidance System$232
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$151
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$140
- WATCHMAN FLX$136
- OPTICROSS$130
- Repatha$125
- ANGIO-SEAL$122
- Orsiro Mission$117
- WAINUA$116
- (BQ9) Coronary IVUS$113
- ACCOLADE SR$110
- (6342) Intrasight Integrated$104
- COMET$103
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.