James Fox, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Traverse City, MINPI 1740275379
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 29.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $235 and has fallen 69.4% since, to $72 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $2,775.
Across 9 payments — averaging $46.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$121
- Abbott$118
- Penumbra, Inc.$114
- Abiomed$23
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$21
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$20
Across 2 payments — averaging $1000.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$2K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$417100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $121 |
| Abbott | 3 | $118 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $21 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
How this compares
$417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 760 cardiovascular disease providers in Michigan.
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 | 398 | $490,827 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 77 | $90,098 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 17 | $15,394 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $15,290 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $7,829 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 348 | $6,946 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 26 | $2,693 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 54 | $2,603 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 160 | $2,184 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 101 | $2,064 |
| Bumetanide | 44 | $1,882 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 30 | $1,694 |
| Carvedilol | 142 | $1,650 |
| Losartan Potassium | 118 | $1,441 |
| Potassium Chloride | 32 | $1,019 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Traverse City
- Roberto CorpusTraverse City$48K
- Marschall RungeAnn Arbor$1.8M
- Jihad MustaphaGrand Rapids$1.6M
- Vallerie McLaughlinAnn Arbor$947K
- Pedro Villablanca SpinettoDetroit$620K
- Stanley ChetcutiAnn Arbor$573K
- David HainesRoyal Oak$492K
- Steven AlmanyTroy$471K
- David StroblLansing$445K
- Herman KadoSouthfield$442K
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.