Total Payments
$26,887
2024 Payments
$3,139
Companies
60
Transactions
585
Medicare Patients
10,489
Medicare Billing
$1.9M
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$21,012 (78.1%)
Consulting$5,562 (20.7%)
Travel$229.84 (0.9%)
Education$83.48 (0.3%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $21,012 | 575 | 78.1% |
| Consulting Fee | $5,562 | 4 | 20.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $229.84 | 1 | 0.9% |
| Education | $83.48 | 5 | 0.3% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $6,353 | 57 | $0 (2024) |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | $3,150 | 38 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $1,841 | 26 | $0 (2023) |
| ABIOMED | $1,408 | 15 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,292 | 25 | $0 (2024) |
| Amgen Inc. | $1,207 | 42 | $0 (2024) |
| Endologix LLC | $1,053 | 10 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $956.25 | 42 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $921.71 | 22 | $0 (2024) |
| CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. | $618.68 | 3 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,139 | 97 | ABIOMED ($558.59) |
| 2023 | $7,465 | 73 | Abbott Laboratories ($4,519) |
| 2022 | $3,533 | 93 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. ($890.20) |
| 2021 | $2,560 | 93 | Abbott Laboratories ($662.24) |
| 2020 | $3,963 | 58 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. ($1,450) |
| 2019 | $1,823 | 43 | Abbott Laboratories ($341.80) |
| 2018 | $1,347 | 46 | Amgen Inc. ($315.72) |
| 2017 | $3,056 | 82 | Endologix, Inc. ($525.77) |
All Payment Transactions
585 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 24
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/09/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $21.52 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $10.90 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 12/05/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.77 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.10 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ESPRIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.51 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $3.38 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.64 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/11/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $34.57 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/08/2024 | Imperative Care, Inc | SYMPHONY CATHETER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.92 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.78 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ESPRIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $37.15 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $126.86 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | VERQUVO (Drug), VERQUVO | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.40 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/16/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.41 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ADVANCE (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.19 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | ESPRIT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.07 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | Venovo (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.00 | General |
| Category: Vascular/Oncology | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $11.38 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 10/01/2024 | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | Venclose Maven Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.07 | General |
| Category: Vascular/Oncology | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ADVANCE (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.13 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ADVANCE (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.13 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 09/26/2024 | Imperative Care, Inc | PRODIGY CATHETER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.95 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
| 09/25/2024 | E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | CAMZYOS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $2.15 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | ROSEN (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.15 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 09/19/2024 | Imperative Care, Inc | SYMPHONY CATHETER (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.40 | General |
| Category: VASCULAR | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32 | 2,908 | 10,603 | $1.2M | $431,716 |
| 2022 | 38 | 2,851 | 12,676 | $1.7M | $593,868 |
| 2021 | 28 | 2,441 | 12,772 | $1.3M | $477,150 |
| 2020 | 36 | 2,289 | 14,281 | $1.0M | $367,380 |
Total Patients
10,489
Total Services
50,332
Medicare Billing
$1.9M
Procedure Codes
139
All Medicare Procedures & Services
139 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 425 | 674 | $166,841 | $63,231 | 37.9% |
| 93925 | Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts | Office | 2023 | 280 | 307 | $145,995 | $54,278 | 37.2% |
| 93978 | Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts | Office | 2023 | 251 | 279 | $99,485 | $36,476 | 36.7% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 273 | 274 | $106,797 | $34,387 | 32.2% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Office | 2023 | 208 | 216 | $81,698 | $29,170 | 35.7% |
| 93970 | Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Office | 2023 | 184 | 184 | $67,978 | $25,413 | 37.4% |
| 93926 | Ultrasound of one leg arteries or artery grafts | Office | 2023 | 194 | 261 | $73,780 | $22,980 | 31.1% |
| 37224 | Balloon dilation of artery of leg | Office | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $66,720 | $22,756 | 34.1% |
| 93975 | Complete ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis artery and vein blood flow | Office | 2023 | 85 | 87 | $45,373 | $17,611 | 38.8% |
| 37252 | Ultrasound evaluation of blood vessel with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Office | 2023 | 16 | 20 | $40,735 | $14,660 | 36.0% |
| 36902 | Insertion of needle and/or tube into hemodialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment with review by radiologist | Office | 2023 | 12 | 15 | $35,983 | $13,967 | 38.8% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $27,949 | $10,364 | 37.1% |
| 36475 | Destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using radiofrequency and imaging guidance | Office | 2023 | 11 | 12 | $27,665 | $10,159 | 36.7% |
| 37253 | Ultrasound evaluation of blood vessel with review by radiologist, each additional vessel | Office | 2023 | 15 | 70 | $25,090 | $9,577 | 38.2% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $33,162 | $8,837 | 26.6% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 68 | 68 | $22,658 | $8,360 | 36.9% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 142 | 151 | $24,227 | $7,831 | 32.3% |
| 93971 | Ultrasound study of one arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | Office | 2023 | 81 | 88 | $20,619 | $7,403 | 35.9% |
| 93990 | Ultrasound of hemodialysis access | Office | 2023 | 37 | 73 | $21,066 | $7,100 | 33.7% |
| 75625 | Review by radiologist of abdominal aorta image | Office | 2023 | 31 | 33 | $8,471 | $3,346 | 39.5% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Office | 2023 | 67 | 95 | $7,145 | $2,964 | 41.5% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 45 | $7,203 | $2,883 | 40.0% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Office | 2023 | 65 | 73 | $7,206 | $2,869 | 39.8% |
| 75710 | Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image | Office | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $6,790 | $2,667 | 39.3% |
| 75716 | Review by radiologist of both arms or legs arteries image | Office | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $6,057 | $2,349 | 38.8% |
About Dr. Vaqar Ali, MD
Dr. Vaqar Ali, MD is a Specialist healthcare provider based in Jacksonville, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/04/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1154379048.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Vaqar Ali, MD has received a total of $26,887 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,139 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 585 transactions from 60 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($21,012).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ali has provided services to 10,489 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 50,332 services with total Medicare billing of $1.9M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 139 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Specialist
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
- Location Jacksonville, FL
- Active Since 05/04/2006
- Last Updated 10/01/2015
- Taxonomy Code 174400000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1154379048
Products in Payments
- ACCULINK (Device) $4,000
- Impella (Device) $1,408
- Repatha (Biological) $1,130
- Ovation (Device) $653.23
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $642.36
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $622.28
- WATCHMAN (Device) $604.80
- CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $549.64
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $421.31
- Venclose Maven Catheter (Device) $401.79
- VERQUVO (Drug) $389.79
- FARXIGA (Drug) $363.70
- OptoWire (Device) $341.15
- MitraClip System (Device) $329.47
- EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $311.49
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $296.33
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis (Device) $290.58
- LEQVIO (Drug) $289.97
- JARDIANCE (Drug) $253.23
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $245.61
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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