Alexander Ford, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1699842849
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 52 payments — averaging $1709.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$51K
- AstraZeneca$35K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$997
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$905
- Lilly USA, LLC$195
- Boehringer Ingelheim$148
- plus $604 from 12 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $38,228 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$257K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$9K
- Purdue Pharma L.p.$997
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,05450%
- Food & beverage$1,04850%
- Education$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $50,790 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $35,267 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $997 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $905 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $195 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $148 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $92 |
| Amgen | 4 | $84 |
| Bayer | 3 | $59 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $55 |
| Merck | 3 | $54 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $52 |
| Novartis | 2 | $46 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $28 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
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
$88,905 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 71 | $81,976 |
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $41,842 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $40,006 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 17 | $28,921 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 19 | $26,741 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $22,169 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $21,781 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $18,599 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 16 | $14,426 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 15 | $9,401 |
| InvokametCanagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $6,437 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $6,191 |
| Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine | 12 | $4,642 |
| VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 11 | $4,056 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 456 | $3,756 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $148 | $81,97671 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $195 | $47,52131 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invokamet | $92 | $46,44445 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $54 | $26,74119 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $35,267 | $22,16913 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $52 | $8,71539 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 90th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Los Angeles
- Kalyanam ShivkumarLos Angeles$2.9M
- Priscilla HsueLos Angeles$2.3M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.4M
- Somjot BrarLos Angeles$1.2M
- Freny ModyLos Angeles$960K
- Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$683K
- Parveen GargLos Angeles$653K
- Karol WatsonLos Angeles$553K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.