Thomas Backer, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Alpharetta, GANPI 1083617872
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1 payment — averaging $500.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$500
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
How this compares
$500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th 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 | 749 | $893,351 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 194 | $241,767 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 143 | $154,629 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 71 | $107,214 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 62 | $60,291 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 33 | $30,839 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 12 | $17,950 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 27 | $15,200 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 22 | $12,756 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 11 | $11,886 |
| Ezetimibe | 371 | $9,711 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 740 | $8,115 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 895 | $7,720 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 596 | $5,736 |
| Losartan Potassium | 496 | $3,646 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Alpharetta
- Winston GandyAlpharetta$806K
- Narendra SinghJohns Creek$5.4M
- Elizabeth OfiliAtlanta$4.5M
- Sanjay YadavAtlanta$3.7M
- Arshed QuyyumiAtlanta$3.4M
- Naresh ParikhNorcross$2.8M
- Nicolas ChronosEatonton$2.4M
- Bobby KhanAtlanta$1.7M
- Hunter ChampionColumbus$1.5M
- David SuhTucker$1.1M
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.