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Bakri Kaakeh
NPI 1245588326
$22,708.56
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
32 companies · $513 in 2025
The $513 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).
See the full distribution for Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $2,899 · 2020: $437 · 2021: $7,205 · 2022: $10K · 2023: $1,258 · 2024: $388 · 2025: $513.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Food and Beverage: $1,892 · Travel and Lodging: $267.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,891.58 |
| Travel and Lodging | $267.12 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $16,071.80 | 2021-2022 | |
| Atricure, INC. | $2,180.31 | 2019-2025 | Atriclip Laa Exclusion System, Synergy Ablation System |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,756.33 | 2019-2025 | Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia, Pascal, Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve |
| Abiomed | $723.75 | 2019-2025 | |
| Artivion, INC. | $329.31 | 2019-2025 | Amds-Ascyrus Medical, On-X Aortic Heart Valve With Conform-X Sewing Ring and Extended Holder |
| Astellas Pharma US INC | $268.01 | 2019-2020 | |
| Clearflow INC. | $249.55 | 2023 | Pleuraflow System With Flowglide |
| Medtronic, INC. | $124.00 | 2021 | |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $99.87 | 2019-2022 | |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $91.90 | 2019-2023 | Jardiance |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | $82.88 | 2020-2023 | Vasoview Hemopro 2 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $79.51 | 2019-2022 | |
| Davol INC. | $78.06 | 2022-2023 | Arista Ah Flexitip |
| Acist Medical Systems, INC. | $75.60 | 2024 | |
| Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) | $60.28 | 2019-2021 |
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| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, INC. | $51.84 | 2019-2021 | |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, INC. | $47.42 | 2020 | |
| Pfizer INC. | $46.28 | 2019-2025 | |
| Lundbeck LLC | $42.68 | 2019 | |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $35.43 | 2023 | |
| Teleflex LLC | $29.02 | 2022-2023 | Langston |
| Amgen INC. | $21.91 | 2020 | |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $19.72 | 2019 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | $19.26 | 2019 | |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, INC. | $18.72 | 2019 | |
| Bracco Diagnostics INC. | $18.64 | 2019 | |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, INC. | $16.92 | 2021 | |
| Biotronik INC. | $16.83 | 2022 | |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, LTD. | $15.60 | 2023 | Arcalyst |
| Irhythm Technologies, INC. | $13.99 | 2019 | |
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC | $11.72 | 2019 | |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, INC. | $11.42 | 2020 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.