Phong Nguyen
Interventional Cardiology · Augusta, GANPI 1992233407
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (55.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,279 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $1,404 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $120.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Abbott$743
- Penumbra, Inc.$441
- Cvrx, Inc.$286
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,06355%
- Travel & lodging$1,0158%
- Food & beverage$4,28234%
- Education$3693%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 11 | $6,647 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $1,721 |
| Abiomed | 17 | $1,657 |
| Abbott | 20 | $743 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $441 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $286 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $148 |
| Novartis | 6 | $142 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $126 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $95 |
| Stryker | 3 | $72 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $67 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 4 | $65 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $64 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $55 |
| Amgen | 2 | $44 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, 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.
How this compares
$12,728 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 218 interventional cardiology providers in Georgia.
Other interventional cardiology in Augusta
- Charlene RohmAugusta$67K
- Musa SharkawiAugusta$30K
- Vishal AroraAugusta$22K
- William NicholsonAtlanta$1000K
- David KandzariAtlanta$982K
- Pradeep YadavAtlanta$656K
- Salvatore ManninoMarietta$275K
- Megan CoylewrightCalhoun$271K
- Paul GuichardMarietta$260K
- Adam GreenbaumAtlanta$238K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.