Anthony Whitted
Cardiovascular Disease · Greenville, NCNPI 1902008600
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,662 of the $4,528 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,366 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $407 in 2025.
Across 138 payments — averaging $32.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$986
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$634
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$202
- Amgen$175
- Novartis$170
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$84319%
- Food & beverage$3,66281%
- Education$241%
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 | 43 | $1,287 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $986 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 33 | $634 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $202 |
| Amgen | 10 | $175 |
| Novartis | 6 | $170 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| Bayer | 1 | $125 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $120 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $113 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $109 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $70 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $66 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $66 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.