Alfred Hutcheson
Cardiovascular Disease · Madison, MSNPI 1821002833
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 254 payments — averaging $19.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$801
- Amgen$731
- Boehringer Ingelheim$599
- AstraZeneca$477
- Novartis$388
- Merck$314
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,897100%
- Education$220%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 61 | $801 |
| Amgen | 41 | $731 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 27 | $599 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $477 |
| Novartis | 25 | $388 |
| Merck | 13 | $314 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $233 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $222 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $187 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 11 | $169 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $129 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $100 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $99 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $24 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$224
- WATCHMAN Access System$129
- KENGREAL$128
- FARXIGA$125
- Repatha$119
- Indigo System$111
- Watchman$104
How this compares
$4,919 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 144 cardiovascular disease providers in Mississippi.
Other cardiovascular disease in Madison
- Barry BertoletTupelo$6.4M
- Dharmesh PatelSouthaven$1.9M
- James HaysJackson$782K
- John EstessTupelo$416K
- Donny StokesJackson$277K
- Mahmoud ZayedPascagoula$103K
- Benjamin BlossomTupelo$91K
- James HaysJackson$65K
- James BenslerJackson$64K
- Michael HallJackson$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.