Beka Bakhtadze
Internal Medicine · Atlanta, GANPI 1659754901
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.3%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 34.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,416, more than ten times the $78 reported in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 142 payments — averaging $67.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$974
- Penumbra, Inc.$356
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$276
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,19433%
- Food & beverage$5,67159%
- Education$6957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 57 | $3,257 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $1,929 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 18 | $1,747 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $974 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $356 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $276 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 5 | $256 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $181 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $102 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Verge Medical, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $10 |
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.
- OPTIS$1,353
- GORE CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder$826
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$728
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$606
- Diamondback Coronary$412
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$315
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$282
- ENSITE$269
- ONYX FRONTIER$238
- NAVITOR$180
- Penumbra System$155
- FFRct$147
- HARMONY$145
- INTERVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY SYSTEM$137
- XIENCE SKYPOINT$133
- Indigo System$117
- MYNX CONTROL$102
How this compares
$9,560 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 40 | $572 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Atlanta
- Tracey HenryAtlanta$305K
- Scott ParryAtlanta$162K
- Jennifer GilliganAtlanta$162K
- Tanna LimAtlanta$88K
- Sally IwamotoAtlanta$60K
- Antoine TrammellAtlanta$33K
- Samuel AdamsAtlanta$30K
- Jamal HajjariAtlanta$29K
- Carlos SaldanaAtlanta$25K
- Michael HicksonAtlanta$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.