George Cavanagh
Family Medicine · Bowie, MDNPI 1477554293
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 142 payments — averaging $17.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$320
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$305
- Novo Nordisk$237
- Merck$188
- Amgen$174
- GSK$174
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22492%
- Education$2058%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $320 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $305 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $237 |
| Merck | 16 | $188 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 10 | $174 |
| GSK | 10 | $174 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $172 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $147 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $106 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $95 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $59 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $35 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,193 family medicine providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rivastigmine | 12 | $3,688 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Bowie
- Tramaine DavisBowie$43K
- Anna McCallBowie$24K
- Stephen OngOxon Hill$5.9M
- Stephan BartWoodstock$1.7M
- Karen DonaldsonBaltimore$899K
- Rajiv DuaColumbia$765K
- Greg TampusLutherville Timonium$735K
- Louis JacquesBaltimore$522K
- Stephanie MellerOxon Hill$518K
- Sharon ChungGlen Burnie$333K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.