James Cotton
Emergency Medicine · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1306200803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,719 of the $7,070 with a category attached, or 66.7%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.1% of the total. Among emergency medicine clinicians in NM 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 63 payments — averaging $112.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Nevro Corp.$527
- Boston Scientific$384
- Globus Medical$272
- Smith+Nephew$36
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,35133%
- Food & beverage$4,71967%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 25 | $3,122 |
| Abbott | 22 | $2,730 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $527 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $384 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $272 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $36 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$1,797
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,070
- SYNCHROMEDII$716
- ETERNA$676
- Senza$650
- INCEPTIV$649
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$337
- Intracept$243
How this compares
$7,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 367 emergency medicine providers in New Mexico.
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.
Other emergency medicine in Albuquerque
- Jonathan MarinaroAlbuquerque$8K
- Julie KanterAlbuquerque$8K
- Ethan SimsAlbuquerque$4K
- Robert AlundayAlbuquerque$4K
- David SklarAlbuquerque$3K
- Tammy Baillio JonesAlbuquerque$1K
- Jessica MitchellAlbuquerque$565
- Wilson ChiuAlbuquerque$541
- Joseph RomeroAlbuquerque$433
- Scott FormanAlbuquerque$384
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.