Dr. Amer Abdulla, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Abdulla
Dr. Amer Abdulla is a cardiovascular disease in Galveston, TX, with 10 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Abdulla performed 948 Medicare services across 836 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Abdulla received a total of $306,804 from 17 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 54 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in cardiovascular disease. Payments are distributed across multiple categories and often reflect legitimate professional engagement with the medical industry. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Abdulla is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 257 | $51 | $159 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 112 | $72 | $270 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 61 | $62 | $198 |
| Outpatient heart rehabilitation with electrocardiogram (ecg) monitoring, quality health care professional services | 56 | $11 | $63 |
| EKG interpretation and report | 55 | $5 | $23 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 54 | $103 | $340 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 52 | $2 | $10 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 47 | $102 | $415 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 36 | $82 | $296 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 33 | $14 | $48 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 24 | $19 | $63 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 23 | $11 | $38 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 19 | $51 | $193 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 19 | $14 | $55 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 19 | $83 | $258 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 17 | $6 | $20 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 17 | $137 | $498 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min | 17 | $90 | $285 |
| Heart muscle strain imaging | 16 | $9 | $100 |
| Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report | 14 | $61 | $210 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Payments are distributed across multiple categories with no single dominant type. Total industry engagement is in the top 2% for cardiovascular disease in TX.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Abdulla is a cardiac & cardiac specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, and high industry engagement (mixed engagement, top 2%).
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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