Jorge Guttin
Interventional Cardiology · Houston, TXNPI 1497730337
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 159 payments — averaging $16.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$548
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$295
- Novo Nordisk$215
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$214
- Novartis$198
- Amgen$176
- plus $970 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,615100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 43 | $548 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 16 | $295 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $215 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 13 | $214 |
| Novartis | 11 | $198 |
| Amgen | 11 | $176 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $147 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $117 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $101 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $68 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $43 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $39 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $38 |
| Abbott | 2 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $29 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,615 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Houston
- Neal KleimanHouston$4.8M
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.3M
- Abhijeet DhobleHouston$2.7M
- John IsaacHouston$1.8M
- Amir KashaniHouston$1.3M
- Biswajit KarHouston$785K
- Michele SartoriHouston$603K
- Guilherme SilvaHouston$516K
- Sachin KumarHouston$446K
- Marwan JumeanHouston$427K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.