James Proctor, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Tuscaloosa, ALNPI 1275746992
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 459 payments — averaging $13.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$835
- Johnson & Johnson$688
- Amgen$528
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$275
- Novo Nordisk$192
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,101100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 202 | $2,039 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 50 | $835 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 58 | $688 |
| Amgen | 40 | $528 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 16 | $275 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $192 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 4 | $154 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $137 |
| Gilead | 10 | $131 |
| Abbott | 4 | $115 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Merck | 5 | $108 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $104 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $92 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $83 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $68 |
| Bayer | 4 | $66 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $58 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $49 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $24 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bracco Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- IGT Devices Und$123
How this compares
$6,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
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 | 457 | $413,970 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 86 | $93,293 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 68 | $78,918 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 47 | $37,722 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 24 | $29,878 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $14,313 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 11 | $6,421 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 339 | $4,328 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 240 | $3,843 |
| Losartan Potassium | 261 | $3,144 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 243 | $2,818 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 35 | $2,185 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 | $2,087 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 106 | $2,073 |
| Carvedilol | 199 | $2,063 |
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 | $104 | $413,970457 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $2,039 | $93,29386 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $688 | $78,91868 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $83 | $52,03563 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $275 | $29,87824 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $528 | $6,42111 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 35th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
Other interventional cardiology in Tuscaloosa
- George HemstreetTuscaloosa$35K
- Edward CarrawayTuscaloosa$8K
- John LedouxMobile$2.3M
- Alejandro VasquezHuntsville$1.2M
- Michael ButlerHuntsville$919K
- Robert FosterBirmingham$553K
- Chad AlfordMobile$461K
- Mihir KanitkarHuntsville$394K
- Brigitta BrottBirmingham$376K
- Pochana ReddyHuntsville$293K
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.