Michael Morris, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Atlanta, GANPI 1245409101
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,013 payments — averaging $1062.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$822K
- Novo Nordisk AS$240K
- Amgen$10K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$651
- Merck$467
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,65997%
- Education$1423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 122 | $821,948 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 676 | $239,919 |
| Amgen | 14 | $10,123 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 36 | $1,036 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 37 | $651 |
| Merck | 23 | $467 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $365 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $350 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $192 |
| Novartis | 8 | $167 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $153 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $134 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $126 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $112 |
| Abbott | 4 | $100 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $62 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $57 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $56 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Vertex | 1 | $32 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- WATCHMAN FLX$139
- LifeVest$131
- UPTRAVI$125
- OPSUMIT$125
How this compares
$1,076,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.
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 | 120 | $125,168 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 77 | $88,481 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 80 | $79,622 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 83 | $74,007 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 59 | $45,795 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 17 | $15,414 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 27 | $5,420 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 28 | $2,513 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 48 | $2,117 |
| Chlorthalidone | 155 | $1,971 |
| Losartan Potassium | 261 | $1,825 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 47 | $1,779 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 173 | $1,641 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 303 | $1,432 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 116 | $1,381 |
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 | $350 | $125,168120 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $651 | $88,48177 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $167 | $79,62280 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $365 | $74,00783 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $153 | $45,79559 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $112 | $15,41417 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 640 cardiovascular disease providers in Georgia.
Other cardiovascular disease in Atlanta
- Elizabeth OfiliAtlanta$4.5M
- Sanjay YadavAtlanta$3.7M
- Arshed QuyyumiAtlanta$3.4M
- Bobby KhanAtlanta$1.7M
- Modele OgunniyiAtlanta$1M
- Joseph MillerAtlanta$771K
- Mani VannanAtlanta$716K
- Gautam KumarAtlanta$639K
- Melvin EcholsAtlanta$461K
- Ozlem BilenAtlanta$445K
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.