Nkechinyere Ijioma, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Columbus, OHNPI 1689872756
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 29 payments — averaging $181.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Boston Scientific$258
- ZOLL Circulation Inc$121
- GE HealthCare$100
- Medtronic$95
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$77
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,73671%
- Food & beverage$1,53029%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 21 | $4,615 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $258 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $121 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $95 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $77 |
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.
- Xience V coronary stent system$4,029
- TherOx DS2 Console$121
- Catheter$121
- Downstream Cartridge$121
- EKOSONIC$108
How this compares
$5,266 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $13,357 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 11 | $7,142 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 18 | $790 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 20 | $215 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $195 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $178 |
| Losartan Potassium | 17 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Columbus
- Gary AnselColumbus$3.4M
- Steven YakubovColumbus$3.2M
- Carlos Sanchez SotoColumbus$1.7M
- John CheathamColumbus$1.7M
- Mitchell SilverColumbus$1.1M
- John PhillipsColumbus$619K
- Michael JollyColumbus$427K
- Konstantinos BoudoulasColumbus$403K
- Timothy SmithColumbus$337K
- Joseph CampbellColumbus$256K
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.