Raphael Ngengwe, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1699865857
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 35.4% of the total.
Across 575 payments — averaging $82.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$17K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$12K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Medtronic$7K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$493
- plus $834 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,69231%
- Travel & lodging$8,53218%
- Food & beverage$24,27551%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 345 | $16,805 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 118 | $11,766 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $9,591 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $6,663 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $1,348 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $493 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $249 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $203 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $112 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Novartis | 3 | $52 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Carto 3$16,479
- AVEIR$2,400
- ENSITE$1,924
- Reveal LINQ$1,691
- Allure CRT Pacemaker$1,460
- Venclose Maven Catheter$1,154
- QDOT MICRO$658
- GALLANT$634
- LINQ II$540
- AMPLATZER AMULET$453
- Soundstar$451
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$292
- Micra$279
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$246
- CardioMEMS HF System$227
- Confirm Rx$207
- ASSURITY$175
- Assurity Pacemaker$155
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$143
- JOT DX$140
How this compares
$47,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
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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 | 66 | $43,915 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $9,791 |
| Sucralfate | 44 | $1,348 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 22 | $1,209 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 92 | $748 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 25 | $361 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 55 | $339 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 29 | $325 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $278 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 29 | $81 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $61 |
| Carvedilol | 13 | $56 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $35 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 11 | $21 |
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 | $112 | $43,91566 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $493 | $9,79118 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 75th percentile of 25 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Arkansas.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Jonesboro
- Devi NairJonesboro$1.8M
- Oreoluwa OladiranJonesboro$80K
- David VanceJonesboro$9K
- Monica LoLittle Rock$190K
- Sudarone ThihalolipavanLittle Rock$77K
- Prabhat HebbarLittle Rock$75K
- Bilal SaqiNorth Little Rock$44K
- Gerald GreerLittle Rock$41K
- Risheek KaulLittle Rock$38K
- Yang YangFayetteville$29K
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.