Joseph Poku, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Macon, GANPI 1902980527
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 562 payments — averaging $231.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$88K
- Biotronik Inc.$18K
- Medtronic$6K
- Pfizer$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$3K
- plus $8K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,5502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$85,37566%
- Travel & lodging$26,41420%
- Food & beverage$15,68312%
- Education$290%
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 | 158 | $88,394 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 15 | $18,451 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $6,065 |
| Pfizer | 41 | $3,434 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $3,047 |
| Abbott | 18 | $3,043 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 39 | $1,047 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $917 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 48 | $743 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 29 | $655 |
| Merck | 23 | $431 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $420 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 8 | $408 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $379 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $328 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $282 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $264 |
| Novartis | 12 | $259 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $246 |
| Bayer | 6 | $205 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $171 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $123 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $112 |
| Amgen | 8 | $111 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Medicomp Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| Infobionic, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 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.
- XARELTO$86,155
- Carto 3$2,927
- ELIQUIS$2,746
- AVEIR$2,592
- Micra$2,427
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,078
- Barostim Neo System$338
- LifeVest$273
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$265
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$241
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$163
- LINQ II$149
- Farapulse$142
- Rhythmia Mapping System$139
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$128
- WAINUA$125
- Ozempic$125
- ONPATTRO$125
- Kerendia$122
- Carto 3 System$120
How this compares
$130,051 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
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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 | 575 | $511,686 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 533 | $445,784 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 356 | $358,419 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 371 | $258,362 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 252 | $224,031 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 43 | $69,971 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 32 | $40,901 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 29 | $30,900 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 33 | $23,114 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 17 | $21,333 |
| Dofetilide | 116 | $17,876 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 402 | $8,940 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 17 | $8,264 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 545 | $6,595 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 14 | $5,563 |
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 | $3,434 | $511,686575 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $88,394 | $445,784533 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $259 | $358,419356 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $655 | $258,362371 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Pradaxa | $246 | $226,161263 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $264 | $69,97143 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $328 | $40,90132 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $111 | $23,11433 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $431 | $21,33317 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 75th percentile of 93 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Georgia.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Macon
- Felix SogadeMacon$875K
- Jonathan HoffmanMacon$69K
- Jonathan BrockMacon$40K
- Daniel HaithcockMacon$34K
- David DelurgioAtlanta$4.2M
- Alok GambhirGainesville$1.7M
- Kent NilssonAthens$1.4M
- David NewtonSavannah$1.4M
- Sandeep GoyalAtlanta$1.3M
- Mikhael El-ChamiAtlanta$1.1M
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.