William Sovic
Dallas, TXNPI 1225590813
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $45,000 of the $59,871 with a category attached, or 75.2%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 49.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $56,560, more than ten times the $231 reported in 2022.
Across 148 payments — averaging $404.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$29K
- Medtronic$22K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$318
- Philips North America LLC$309
- plus $526 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$45,00075%
- Travel & lodging$7,96713%
- Food & beverage$6,50711%
- Education$3971%
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 | 41 | $29,454 |
| Medtronic | 45 | $22,496 |
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $4,570 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 15 | $2,198 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $318 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $309 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $208 |
| Amgen | 3 | $194 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $52 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $30 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $25 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- TACTICATH$12,500
- ASSURITY$10,000
- MitraClip$2,642
- GALLANT$1,981
- VersaCross RF Wire$1,441
- Farapulse$1,350
- INGEVITY MRI$1,011
- ENSITE$1,010
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$318
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$208
- ADVISA DR MRI SURESCAN$178
- ONYX FRONTIER$174
- RESOLUTE ONYX$157
- XIENCE SKYPOINT$154
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$149
- (9124) LM Undivided$149
- PulseSelect$101
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 36 | $29,344 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $25,832 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $145 |
| Carvedilol | 16 | $57 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.