Johnny Cheng, DO
Hospitalist · Greenwood Village, CONPI 1306107560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 25 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $550 and has fallen 57.5% since, to $233 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 25 payments — averaging $93.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$215
- AstraZeneca$201
- Boston Scientific$142
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$140
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$136
- plus $352 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,338100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $1,152 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $215 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $201 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $142 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $136 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $111 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Abbott | 1 | $77 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Resmed Corp | 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.
- LINQ II$486
- Reveal LINQ$302
- OPTIMIZER$281
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$215
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$215
- RESOLUTE ONYX$166
- WATCHMAN Access System$142
- DALVANCE$111
How this compares
$2,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 547 hospitalist providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $185 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 15 | $115 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 13 | $101 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $94 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $72 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $61 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $39 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Greenwood Village
- Lauren KrowlGreenwood Village$1K
- Vishnu GudimetlaGreenwood Village$685
- Jacob KeelingGreenwood Village$516
- Micah CraigGreenwood Village$512
- George IssaGreenwood Village$481
- Jeffrey ZamarripaGreenwood Village$424
- Monet MeterGreenwood Village$389
- Ryan SpilmanGreenwood Village$333
- Jacqueline MessaGreenwood Village$326
- Tejas PatilAurora$94K
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.