Ei Ei Thwe
Internal Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1699390013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (52.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 29.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,516, more than ten times the $125 reported in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in AZ 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 119 payments — averaging $124.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$683
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$570
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,56717%
- Travel & lodging$3,82626%
- Food & beverage$7,86053%
- Education$6024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 34 | $4,364 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $3,149 |
| Abbott | 17 | $2,112 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $1,134 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $683 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $570 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 11 | $554 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $428 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 4 | $387 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $359 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $176 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $168 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Novartis | 2 | $54 |
| Amgen | 2 | $42 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Impella$2,203
- GALLANT$1,132
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$701
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$409
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$359
- Assure WCD$294
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$273
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$263
- ONYX FRONTIER$239
- Carto 3$231
- US Und$214
- LifeVest$204
- Barostim Neo System$176
- SYMPLICITY G3$167
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$167
- Inspire$150
- AMVUTTRA$125
- WATCHMAN FLX$119
How this compares
$14,855 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
Other internal medicine in Phoenix
- Frank LovecchioPhoenix$911K
- Nasser HajaigPhoenix$687K
- Kelly KrohnPhoenix$262K
- Paul StanderPhoenix$222K
- Howard GrossmanPhoenix$131K
- Nafis Shamsid-DeenPhoenix$115K
- Shishir MurarkaPhoenix$79K
- Mark WongPhoenix$71K
- Geoffrey OrmePhoenix$27K
- Roberto RuizPhoenix$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.