George Bourganos, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Woonsocket, RINPI 1700883477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $12,200 of the $15,871 with a category attached, or 76.9%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 84.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,489 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $262 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in RI 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 38 payments — averaging $417.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$13K
- Medtronic$2K
- Pfizer$215
- Abbott$175
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$102
- Novartis$36
- plus $91 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,20077%
- Travel & lodging$1,87312%
- Food & beverage$1,78511%
- Education$120%
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 | 14 | $13,390 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $1,862 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $215 |
| Abbott | 1 | $175 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Novartis | 1 | $36 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $35 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $27 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, 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
$15,871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.
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 | 964 | $1,061,078 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 479 | $520,046 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 128 | $173,024 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 64 | $64,524 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 60 | $55,751 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 28 | $26,567 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $22,037 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 27 | $20,915 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,248 | $17,463 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 11 | $13,345 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 26 | $8,580 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 372 | $8,500 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 831 | $8,329 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 1,055 | $8,119 |
| Lisinopril | 894 | $6,584 |
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 | $215 | $1,061,078964 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $13,390 | $520,046479 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $36 | $173,024128 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Pradaxa | $17 | $27,12536 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 95th percentile of 86 cardiovascular disease providers in Rhode Island.
Other cardiovascular disease in Woonsocket
- Ibrahim ElgabryWoonsocket$72K
- Hani SabbourWoonsocket$2K
- Anila Peter-FahertyWoonsocket$1K
- Harold MooreWoonsocket$928
- Thomas LannaWoonsocket$562
- Kirit DesaiWoonsocket$447
- Neal KelleyWoonsocket$364
- Florian KociWoonsocket$296
- Richard RegnanteWoonsocket$234
- Cynthia AlvesWoonsocket$218
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.