RxDoctor Payments Data

Joseph Imsais, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Austin, TXNPI 1902096555

Payments from drug & device makers

$62,317in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 795 payments — averaging $78.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bolton Medical Inc$29K
  • Penumbra, Inc.$8K
  • Endologix LLC$4K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$3K
  • Philips North America LLC$2K
  • Abbott$1K
  • plus $16K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,4009%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$4,7008%
  • Travel & lodging$4,9378%
  • Food & beverage$32,54752%
  • Education$14,73324%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Bolton Medical Inc81$28,535
Penumbra, Inc.48$7,583
Endologix LLC16$3,541
Shockwave Medical, Inc29$2,829
Philips North America LLC14$2,328
Abbott18$1,484
Amgen87$1,460
Medtronic(2 entities)42$1,440
Abiomed29$1,372
Novartis64$1,098
Angiodynamics, Inc.9$991
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)39$867
Cardiva Medical, Inc.9$755
Cook Medical LLC11$572
Pfizer30$572
AstraZeneca26$571
Teleflex LLC8$489
Johnson & Johnson31$486
Amarin Pharma, Inc.25$479
Veryan Medical Incorporated5$469
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.28$439
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.9$277
Celonova Biosciences, Inc.2$267
Smith+Nephew2$240
Boehringer Ingelheim12$229
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.9$220
Boston Scientific9$208
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.14$202
Imperative Care, Inc4$166
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$158
Bayer6$149
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.1$141
Irhythm Technologies, Inc.6$136
Cagent Vascular Inc1$134
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$131
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC6$131
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$99
Surmodics, Inc.1$93
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.6$87
Biosense Webster, Inc.2$84
Novo Nordisk4$67
Itamar Medical Inc1$63
Tactile Systems Technology Inc4$58
Edwards Lifesciences1$52
Cleerly, Inc.1$49
Biotronik Inc.2$49
Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC3$48
Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.1$46
Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.2$42
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.2$33
GSK2$31
Koya Medical, Inc.1$30
Agepha Pharma FZ LLC1$29
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$25
Baxter Healthcare1$24
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.1$18
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$18
Acist Medical Systems, Inc.1$17
Innovation Technologies Inc1$16
Biocompatibles, 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.

How this compares

$62,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$406,722
Medicare patients
1,452
Services billed
5,241

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban571$674,993
JardianceEmpagliflozin217$239,266
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab263$199,916
XareltoRivaroxaban147$190,492
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan65$92,715
MultaqDronedarone Hcl68$76,308
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol42$44,665
BrilintaTicagrelor40$31,584
Ezetimibe669$17,699
MounjaroTirzepatide15$15,549
OzempicSemaglutide12$15,102
Metoprolol Succinate952$14,883
Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab12$12,087
EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil12$10,650
Repatha SyringeEvolocumab13$9,750

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$572$674,993571 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$229$239,266217 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$486$190,492147 claims
NovartisEntresto$1,098$92,71565 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq$131$76,30868 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta$571$76,25082 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$67$15,10212 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi$25$10,65012 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 85th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.

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