George Pogson
Cardiovascular Disease · Independence, MONPI 1851396055
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 84 payments — averaging $15.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$242
- Amgen$171
- Boston Scientific$160
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$84
- AstraZeneca$82
- Novartis$73
- plus $460 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,272100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $242 |
| Amgen | 13 | $171 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $160 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $84 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $82 |
| Novartis | 5 | $73 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $66 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $40 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $37 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Infobionic, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,272 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 391 cardiovascular disease providers in Missouri.
Other cardiovascular disease in Independence
- Stephen DicksonIndependence$98K
- Mikhail KosiborodKansas City$27.8M
- Mohammad TahirSaint Louis$2.7M
- John SpertusKansas City$2.3M
- Joshua MitchellSaint Louis$1.4M
- Nathan StitzielSaint Louis$1.2M
- Daniel KellySaint Louis$1.1M
- Georges ChahoudSaint Louis$967K
- Jiafu OuSaint Louis$853K
- William BowenSaint Louis$726K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.