James Hopson, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Iowa City, IANPI 1699755777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 33.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IA, where the typical reported total is $15,103.
Across 27 payments — averaging $51.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$470
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$294
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$255
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$154
- Atricure, Inc.$95
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$73
- plus $43 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,384100%
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 | 15 | $470 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $294 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $255 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $73 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
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
$1,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 42 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Iowa.
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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 | 276 | $286,762 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 142 | $166,285 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 332 | $18,270 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 265 | $4,259 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 193 | $2,477 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 55 | $1,659 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 56 | $1,350 |
| Potassium Chloride | 33 | $1,169 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 87 | $655 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 93 | $500 |
| Furosemide | 61 | $304 |
| Carvedilol | 44 | $298 |
| Losartan Potassium | 37 | $289 |
| Digoxin | 13 | $262 |
| Irbesartan | 14 | $213 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Iowa City
- Steven MickelsenIowa City$2.4M
- Paari DominicIowa City$83K
- Peter FarjoIowa City$72K
- Oluwaseun AdeolaIowa City$49K
- Sean ByrnesIowa City$36K
- Edward PowersIowa City$33K
- Samuel JohnstonIowa City$23K
- Denice Hodgson ZingmanIowa City$17K
- Troy RhodesIowa City$15K
- Hina AminIowa City$14K
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.