James Phillips, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Columbia, SCNPI 1114926797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,623 of the $4,351 with a category attached, or 60.3%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,949 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $64 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in SC, where the typical reported total is $8,877.
Across 94 payments — averaging $46.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$775
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$355
- Abbott$179
- Amgen$169
- Novartis$159
- plus $271 from 8 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $3765.15 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$49K
- Boston Scientific$7K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,62360%
- Food & beverage$1,72840%
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(2 entities) | 15 | $2,444 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $775 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 28 | $355 |
| Abbott | 3 | $179 |
| Amgen | 11 | $169 |
| Novartis | 18 | $159 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $26 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$4,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 117 interventional cardiology providers in South Carolina.
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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 | 509 | $480,403 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 203 | $220,125 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 145 | $160,553 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 58 | $56,771 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 34 | $53,512 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 29 | $37,449 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 22 | $23,536 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 18 | $16,482 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 223 | $6,274 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 302 | $5,360 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 319 | $4,254 |
| Losartan Potassium | 300 | $4,135 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 97 | $4,120 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 253 | $3,696 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 214 | $3,336 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $28 | $480,403509 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $26 | $220,125203 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $159 | $56,77158 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $17 | $53,51234 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $26 | $23,53622 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 25th percentile of 117 interventional cardiology providers in South Carolina.
Other interventional cardiology in Columbia
- Michael CryerColumbia$92K
- Loren MorganColumbia$60K
- Vince VismaraColumbia$60K
- Patrick HallColumbia$50K
- George YankeyColumbia$41K
- Michael FosterColumbia$23K
- Matthew CantrellColumbia$21K
- Christopher HuffmanColumbia$21K
- Gopi ShahColumbia$16K
- Katrina BidwellColumbia$15K
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.