Enrique Flores, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Covington, GANPI 1134170517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $39,250 of the $40,785 with a category attached, or 96.2%. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 96.2% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $40,073 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $192 in 2025.
Across 48 payments — averaging $849.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$39K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$786
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$91
- AstraZeneca$85
- Johnson & Johnson$75
- Abbott$68
- plus $430 from 11 others
Across 225 payments — averaging $916.14 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.
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$122K
- Regeneron$29K
- Novartis$23K
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$18K
- Merck$13K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$39,25096%
- Travel & lodging$6232%
- Food & beverage$8662%
- Education$460%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 7 | $39,250 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 6 | $786 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $91 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $75 |
| Abbott | 3 | $68 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $55 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $48 |
| Novartis | 2 | $43 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $28 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 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.
- Navicross$672
- Glidesheath$672
- GlideWire$672
How this compares
$40,785 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 218 interventional cardiology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 458 | $488,300 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 114 | $145,293 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 77 | $87,483 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 74 | $71,231 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 69 | $51,992 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 27 | $32,914 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 24 | $21,728 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $14,351 |
| Ezetimibe | 663 | $12,098 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 917 | $8,250 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 304 | $8,111 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 672 | $8,102 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 16 | $4,877 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 490 | $4,830 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 51 | $4,641 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $75 | $87,48377 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $85 | $84,90696 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $43 | $71,23174 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 80th percentile of 218 interventional cardiology providers in Georgia.
Other interventional cardiology in Covington
- William NicholsonAtlanta$1000K
- David KandzariAtlanta$982K
- Pradeep YadavAtlanta$656K
- Salvatore ManninoMarietta$275K
- Megan CoylewrightCalhoun$271K
- Paul GuichardMarietta$260K
- Adam GreenbaumAtlanta$238K
- Wissam JaberAtlanta$222K
- Mudassar AhmedGainesville$193K
- Katherine KunkelAtlanta$189K
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.