George Blair, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Hattiesburg, MSNPI 1902835234
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.6% of the total across 297 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,129 and has fallen 64.9% since, to $396 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $7,952.
Across 297 payments — averaging $17.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Abiomed$806
- Inari Medical, Inc.$460
- Medtronic$453
- Boston Scientific$337
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$293
- plus $2K from 24 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $14,062 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.
- Novartis$70K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,23199%
- Gifts$751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 72 | $1,131 |
| Abiomed | 75 | $806 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 16 | $460 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $453 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $337 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 12 | $293 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $181 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $169 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $155 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $149 |
| Merck | 8 | $122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $105 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $104 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $100 |
| Abbott | 5 | $82 |
| Amgen | 6 | $80 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $73 |
| Bayer | 4 | $68 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $61 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $58 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $48 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Gilead | 1 | $13 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 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
$5,306 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 65 interventional cardiology providers in Mississippi.
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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 | 663 | $567,137 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 407 | $323,351 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 227 | $211,238 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 49 | $41,188 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $35,363 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 64 | $33,914 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,108 | $11,563 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $7,373 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 114 | $6,667 |
| Dofetilide | 40 | $6,349 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 789 | $6,285 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 160 | $4,204 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 522 | $3,565 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 533 | $3,494 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 436 | $3,443 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $61 | $567,137663 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $105 | $323,351407 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,131 | $211,238227 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $155 | $69,277100 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $149 | $7,37311 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 30th percentile of 65 interventional cardiology providers in Mississippi.
Other interventional cardiology in Hattiesburg
- Christopher DouglasHattiesburg$20K
- Patrick DauphinHattiesburg$9K
- Craig ThielingHattiesburg$5K
- Robert WilkinsHattiesburg$5K
- Arthur MartinHattiesburg$3K
- Thad WaitesHattiesburg$3K
- Eric EngerHattiesburg$1K
- John WinscottJackson$482K
- William CrowderJackson$331K
- Foluso FakoredeCleveland$298K
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.