James Litzow, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Germantown, TNNPI 1629078324
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,937 of the $10,371 with a category attached, or 66.9%. Abbott accounts for 68.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,168 and has fallen 51.1% since, to $1,550 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in TN, where the typical reported total is $12,690.
Across 147 payments — averaging $70.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$708
- Philips North America LLC$251
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$208
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$145
- plus $339 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,43433%
- Food & beverage$6,93767%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 81 | $7,079 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $1,642 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $708 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $251 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $208 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 8 | $79 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $78 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- AVEIR$3,107
- Micra$691
- GALLANT$406
- Confirm Rx$223
- Unify Assura CRT Defibrillator$175
- QUADRA ASSURA$172
- ALLURE QUADRA$157
- (9124) LM Undivided$146
- OPTIMIZER$145
- Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator$145
- Quartet CRT Lead$136
- EPI-EASE EPICARDIAL ACCESS SYSTEM$135
- PulseSelect$129
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$122
- AMPLATZER$122
- AMPLATZER AMULET$122
- WATCHMAN Access System$122
- ENSITE PRECISION$115
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$111
- Watchman$111
How this compares
$10,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
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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 | 780 | $648,701 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 225 | $195,768 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 44 | $29,270 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 294 | $14,299 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $14,138 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 47 | $10,683 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 393 | $8,354 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 419 | $4,659 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 73 | $4,455 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 154 | $3,100 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 43 | $2,130 |
| Digoxin | 80 | $2,128 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 123 | $1,313 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 177 | $1,209 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 17 | $1,201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $78 | $14,13818 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 45th percentile of 82 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Tennessee.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Germantown
- David LanGermantown$134K
- Christopher IngelmoGermantown$31K
- Jiang CuiGermantown$14K
- Stephen FahrigNashville$605K
- Gregory BashianNashville$361K
- Harish ManyamChattanooga$265K
- William StevensonNashville$172K
- Sandeep DuggalNashville$151K
- Sean WhalenNashville$149K
- Harikrishna TandriNashville$97K
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.