Joshua Hirsch
Houston, TXNPI 1528563566
Payments from drug & device makers
$15,191in general payments, 2019–2025
Across 186 payments — averaging $81.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$197
- Abiomed$152
- plus $258 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,50016%
- Travel & lodging$4,63431%
- Food & beverage$6,95946%
- Education$1,0987%
General payments by program year
22
23
24
25
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 72 | $5,639 |
| Medtronic | 43 | $5,345 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $2,245 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 25 | $1,355 |
| Amgen | 5 | $197 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $152 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $46 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Novartis | 1 | $26 |
| CMP Pharma, 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.
- GALLANT$2,121
- INGEVITY MRI$1,043
- Carto 3$854
- ENSITE$609
- AVEIR$294
- CARDIOMEMS$238
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$199
- JOT DX$178
- WATCHMAN FLX$164
- Micra$149
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$140
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$131
- Impella$129
- Penumbra System$129
- Repatha$125
- Watchman$111
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 18 | $12,818 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $184 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.