George James, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1629054184
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,431 of the $8,291 with a category attached, or 89.6%. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 271 payments — averaging $30.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$834
- Novartis$424
- Johnson & Johnson$389
- plus $3K from 29 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $31,999 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Scientia Vascular$64K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7619%
- Food & beverage$7,43190%
- Education$991%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 27 | $1,603 |
| Medtronic | 18 | $1,200 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 33 | $1,047 |
| Abbott | 31 | $834 |
| Novartis | 22 | $424 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 19 | $389 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $374 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $256 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $253 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $250 |
| Merck | 11 | $208 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $192 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $147 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Amgen | 8 | $113 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $110 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $76 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $75 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $66 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 3 | $59 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Bayer | 2 | $36 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $32 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
- Micra$892
- BioMonitor$541
- remede System$139
- Edora 8 DR-T$125
- ROTABLATOR$114
- Solia$100
- Rivacor$100
- Edora$100
- Acticor$100
How this compares
$8,291 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OpsumitMacitentan | 87 | $1,129,626 |
| EliquisApixaban | 624 | $590,654 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 250 | $216,550 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 12 | $161,306 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 66 | $101,870 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 105 | $96,756 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 57 | $41,017 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 32 | $24,530 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 15 | $11,240 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 63 | $11,188 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 561 | $5,415 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 43 | $4,363 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 313 | $4,344 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 252 | $4,256 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 336 | $3,743 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit | $1,047 | $1,129,62687 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $253 | $590,654624 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $424 | $216,550250 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $36 | $161,30612 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $81 | $101,87066 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $389 | $96,756105 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $256 | $41,01757 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $250 | $24,53032 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 70th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.
Other cardiovascular disease in Fort Worth
- Ramin Farzaneh-FarDallas$17.1M
- John OsborneGrapevine$1.3M
- Darren McGuireDallas$1.2M
- Peter McCulloughDallas$664K
- Ann NavarDallas$616K
- Biykem BozkurtHouston$606K
- Milton PackerDallas$530K
- Amarinder BindraDallas$512K
- Robert SalazarKingwood$478K
- Reynolds DelgadoHouston$471K
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.