RxDoctor Payments Data

Zeshan Ahmad, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1124439682

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (45.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $16,881 and has fallen 83.4% since, to $2,809 in 2025.

$37,041in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 287 payments — averaging $129.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$17K
  • Abbott$11K
  • Medtronic$6K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$125
  • Johnson & Johnson$29
  • plus $21 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$16,68845%
  • Travel & lodging$7,26620%
  • Food & beverage$13,01735%
  • Education$700%

General payments by program year

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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boston Scientific14$16,928
Abbott155$11,386
Medtronic(2 entities)69$5,519
Biosense Webster, Inc.43$3,031
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)3$125
Johnson & Johnson2$29
Pfizer1$21

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

$37,041 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 63 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$314,613
Medicare patients
753
Services billed
2,162

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
EliquisApixaban114$163,536
XareltoRivaroxaban18$23,535
Dofetilide13$6,591
Amiodarone Hcl84$2,164
Metoprolol Succinate88$1,416
Diltiazem 24hr Er (La)Diltiazem Hcl13$824
Amlodipine Besylate55$615
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl11$577
Rosuvastatin Calcium17$438
Atorvastatin Calcium31$437
Pantoprazole Sodium51$408
Flecainide Acetate13$393
Metoprolol Tartrate49$267
Losartan Potassium15$188
Spironolactone15$184

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
PfizerEliquis$21$163,536114 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$29$23,53518 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 75th percentile of 63 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Maryland.

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