James Hearn
Cardiovascular Disease · Port Charlotte, FLNPI 1427076827
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 88 payments — averaging $25.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$336
- Johnson & Johnson$317
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$244
- Novartis$214
- Abbott$202
- AstraZeneca$183
- plus $720 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,16498%
- Education$532%
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 | 16 | $336 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $317 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $244 |
| Novartis | 13 | $214 |
| Abbott | 8 | $202 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $183 |
| Amgen | 9 | $178 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $159 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $130 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Chiesi USA, 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.
How this compares
$2,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
Other cardiovascular disease in Port Charlotte
- David HotchkissPort Charlotte$4M
- Mario LopezPort Charlotte$1.6M
- Michael KorenGainesville$31M
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$11.1M
- Alexis GutierrezHialeah$8M
- Eric SpivackAventura$7.1M
- William OneillNaples$4.6M
- Rafik AbadierInverness$4.4M
- Alvaro MurciaPembroke Pines$4M
- Ferris GeorgeSt Augustine$3.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.