RxDoctor Payments Data

Malcolm Foster, MD

Interventional Cardiology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1861482556

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1%. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in TN 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.

$413,287in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,204 payments — averaging $343.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$95K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$86K
  • Penumbra, Inc.$51K
  • Amgen$40K
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$38K
  • Johnson & Johnson$29K
  • plus $74K from 54 others
$1,500,225in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 637 payments — averaging $2355.14 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Abbott$273K
  • CSL Behring$254K
  • American Regent$213K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$130K
  • Novartis$127K
  • Angiodynamics, Inc.$90K
  • plus $413K from 20 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$2,2201%
  • Consulting fees$106,93826%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$230,30356%
  • Travel & lodging$37,1629%
  • Food & beverage$35,8619%
  • Education$1750%
  • Ownership interest$6300%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott180$95,347
Shockwave Medical, Inc111$85,723
Penumbra, Inc.54$51,286
Amgen120$39,610
Amarin Pharma, Inc.48$38,405
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)68$29,286
Angiodynamics, Inc.27$19,432
AstraZeneca55$18,524
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.25$16,424
Boston Scientific78$2,871
Ancora Heart, Inc.31$2,863
Merit Medical Systems Inc16$2,849
Abiomed18$1,556
Novartis75$1,148
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)54$1,145
Inari Medical, Inc.13$793
Heartflow, Inc.11$727
Silk Road Medical, Inc.5$530
Pfizer37$528
Medtronic(2 entities)23$424
Cvrx, Inc.6$365
Philips North America LLC16$322
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.17$303
Novo Nordisk12$291
Atricure, Inc.7$285
Cardiovascular Systems Inc.11$256
Boehringer Ingelheim11$193
Imperative Care, Inc1$175
Biosense Webster, Inc.5$164
Ablative Solutions, Inc.5$125
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.5$99
Merck6$93
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.4$86
Cardinal Health 200 LLC2$81
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC3$77
Astellas Pharma US Inc1$75
Baxter Healthcare4$72
Cardiva Medical, Inc.3$71
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC4$68
Edwards Lifesciences3$55
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.3$52
Celonova Biosciences, Inc.1$49
Bayer3$49
Preventice Services, LLC1$48
Teleflex LLC1$38
Endovascular Engineering Inc.4$38
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC2$31
GE HealthCare1$30
Thrombolex, Inc.1$26
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.1$25
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$21
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.1$18
Biotronik Inc.1$17
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$16
Convatec Inc.1$15
Gilead1$14
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$14
G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc.1$13
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.

How this compares

$413,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 207 interventional cardiology providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$248,325
Medicare patients
1,222
Services billed
2,820

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
EliquisApixaban284$368,139
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab234$225,605
XareltoRivaroxaban154$179,497
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan79$75,804
BrilintaTicagrelor79$64,612
JardianceEmpagliflozin24$27,009
Praluent PenAlirocumab32$19,265
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl17$13,375
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol15$10,640
Dofetilide30$8,240
Prasugrel Hcl101$5,512
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate478$4,738
Rosuvastatin Calcium340$4,439
Ezetimibe182$3,397
Losartan Potassium203$3,217

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$528$368,139284 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$29,286$179,497154 claims
NovartisEntresto$1,148$75,80479 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga$18,524$75,25294 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$193$27,00924 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 95th percentile of 207 interventional cardiology providers in Tennessee.

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