Hieu Tieu
Family · Boston, MANPI 1942676259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.5%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,276, more than ten times the $203 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in MA 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 52 payments — averaging $84.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$418
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$281
- Itamar Medical Inc$171
- ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.$163
- Biotronik Inc.$153
- plus $137 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$95022%
- Travel & lodging$1,16126%
- Food & beverage$2,21950%
- Entertainment$662%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 34 | $3,071 |
| Abbott | 8 | $418 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $281 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 3 | $171 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 2 | $163 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
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.
- Watchman$1,461
- WATCHMAN Access System$750
- Carto 3$352
- AMPLATZER AMULET$213
- WATCHMAN FLX$200
- remede System$144
- ECM Patch,Pouch$137
How this compares
$4,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,320 family providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 150 | $159,621 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $39,967 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 96 | $1,493 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 12 | $593 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 20 | $348 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $299 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 12 | $255 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $131 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Boston
- Brittany MurrayBoston$141K
- Naomi AmudalaBoston$79K
- Alexa CostaBoston$17K
- Caitlin MurphyBoston$16K
- Alison KrustapentusBoston$7K
- Heather MurphyBoston$7K
- Lisa LopesBoston$6K
- Kathryn QuinnBoston$6K
- Elizabeth KruegerBoston$6K
- Paul GouldLakeville$343K
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.