Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
$1,653.39
46 reported records · 14 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Joon Ahn, MD
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Internal Medicine|Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · GAINESVILLE, GA · NPI 1609820075
Verified facts
What the public records show
CMS Open Payments records show Joon Ahn, MD received $1,653.39 in general payments during 2025 across 46 reported records.
Boston Scientific Corporation accounted for 27.3% of that reported general-payment amount.
The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 22 associated products.
A separate comparison found the same explicitly named product in public Medicare Part D data: Eliquis.
PFIZER INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported ELIQUIS as an associated drug or biological on 87112 records involving 36032 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 591 claims for Eliquis by this doctor in 2024.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Who paid this doctor?
Companies in 2025 General Payments
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $452.01 | 27.3% | 17 | 2025 |
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Medtronic, Inc. exact · evidence 2025-07-22 |
$350.54 | 21.2% | 6 | 2025 |
| AtriCure, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $320.07 | 19.4% | 4 | 2025 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $136.52 | 8.3% | 4 | 2025 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $88.16 | 5.3% | 4 | 2025 |
| Stryker Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $69.02 | 4.2% | 1 | 2025 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $48.22 | 2.9% | 2 | 2025 |
| CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $43.25 | 2.6% | 2 | 2025 |
| Philips North America LLC | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $28.97 | 1.8% | 1 | 2025 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $26.27 | 1.6% | 1 | 2025 |
| ABIOMED | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $24.09 | 1.5% | 1 | 2025 |
| PFIZER INC. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $23.98 | 1.4% | 1 | 2025 |
| CVRx, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $21.67 | 1.3% | 1 | 2025 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $20.62 | 1.2% | 1 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
Payment categories
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,653.39 | 46 |
A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
| Reported product | Type | Reported company | Related amount* | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICRA Normalized: micra |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $282.80 | 4 | 2025 |
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| SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM Normalized: synergy ablation system |
Device | AtriCure, Inc. | $212.43 | 2 | 2025 |
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| WATCHMAN FLX Normalized: watchman flx |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $156.28 | 7 | 2025 |
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| CARTO 3 Normalized: carto 3 |
Device | Biosense Webster, Inc. | $136.52 | 4 | 2025 |
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| CDS - MCT/CEM Monitoring Normalized: cds mct cem monitoring |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $127.00 | 4 | 2025 |
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| EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX Normalized: epi sense guided coagulation system with visitrax |
Device | AtriCure, Inc. | $107.64 | 2 | 2025 |
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| AVEIR Normalized: aveir |
Device | Abbott Laboratories | $71.05 | 3 | 2025 |
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| FLOWTRIEVER Normalized: flowtriever |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $69.02 | 1 | 2025 |
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| AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN Normalized: aurora ev icd mri surescan |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $67.74 | 2 | 2025 |
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| FARAPULSE Normalized: farapulse |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $50.48 | 2 | 2025 |
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| LifeVest Normalized: lifevest |
Device | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $48.22 | 2 | 2025 |
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| WATCHMAN Access System Normalized: watchman access system |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $47.40 | 1 | 2025 |
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| CARDIVA VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F Normalized: cardiva vascade mvp vvcs 6 12f |
Device | CARDIVA MEDICAL, INC. | $43.25 | 2 | 2025 |
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| ECC Solutions Normalized: ecc solutions |
Device | Philips North America LLC | $28.97 | 1 | 2025 |
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| IRRISEPT Normalized: irrisept |
Device | Innovation Technologies Inc | $26.27 | 1 | 2025 |
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| BodyGuardian Normalized: bodyguardian |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $25.95 | 1 | 2025 |
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| General - Therapies Normalized: general therapies |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $24.83 | 1 | 2025 |
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| ELIQUIS Normalized: eliquis |
Drug | PFIZER INC. | $23.98 | 1 | 2025 |
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| Barostim Neo System Normalized: barostim neo system |
Device | CVRx, Inc. | $21.67 | 1 | 2025 |
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| Assure WCD Normalized: assure wcd |
Device | Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | $20.62 | 1 | 2025 |
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| EMBLEM MRI S-ICD Normalized: emblem mri s icd |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $20.07 | 1 | 2025 |
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| TENDRIL Normalized: tendril |
Device | Abbott Laboratories | $17.11 | 1 | 2025 |
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* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.
These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
| Open Payments product | Payment year | Part D brand | Part D year | Claims | Match method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIQUIS eliquis |
2025 | Eliquis | 2024 | 591 | exact normalized | Medicare Part D |
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
| Paying company | Payment year | Drug reported by same entity | Open Payments evidence | Part D | Claims | Beneficiaries |
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| PFIZER INC. Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference |
2025 | ELIQUIS open payments reported associated product |
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 87112 supporting records · 36032 recipient NPIs · example record 1228794063 |
Eliquis · 2024 Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row |
591 | 155 |
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
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| Eliquis | Apixaban | 591 | 155 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 499 | 180 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 248 | 89 |
| Flecainide Acetate | Flecainide Acetate | 246 | 71 |
| Xarelto | Rivaroxaban | 244 | 59 |
| Sotalol | Sotalol Hcl | 225 | 74 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | Amiodarone Hcl | 165 | 66 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd) | Diltiazem Hcl | 160 | 53 |
| Dofetilide | Dofetilide | 76 | 24 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 71 | 23 |
| Clopidogrel | Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 71 | 23 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 46 | 21 |
| Warfarin Sodium | Warfarin Sodium | 36 | suppressed |
| Digoxin | Digoxin | 34 | suppressed |
| Mexiletine Hcl | Mexiletine Hcl | 34 | suppressed |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 32 | 14 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 30 | 16 |
| Multaq | Dronedarone Hcl | 30 | suppressed |
| Dabigatran Etexilate | Dabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 28 | suppressed |
| Diltiazem Hcl | Diltiazem Hcl | 24 | 11 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 19 | suppressed |
| Propafenone Hcl | Propafenone Hcl | 17 | suppressed |
| Midodrine Hcl | Midodrine Hcl | 16 | suppressed |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | suppressed |
| Diltiazem 12hr Er | Diltiazem Hcl | 14 | suppressed |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 14 | 11 |
| Cartia Xt | Diltiazem Hcl | 13 | suppressed |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | suppressed |
| Sotalol Af | Sotalol Hcl | 13 | suppressed |
| Tikosyn | Dofetilide | 13 | suppressed |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
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| 2025 | $1,653.39 · 46 records | Boston Scientific Corporation | AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN, AVEIR, Assure WCD, Barostim Neo System, BodyGuardian, CARDIVA VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F, CARTO 3, CDS - MCT/CEM Monitoring, ECC Solutions, ELIQUIS, EMBLEM MRI S-ICD, EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, FARAPULSE, FLOWTRIEVER, General - Therapies, IRRISEPT, LifeVest, MICRA, SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM, TENDRIL, WATCHMAN Access System, WATCHMAN FLX | 1 | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
- What role, if any, does Eliquis play in your treatment recommendations for me?
- How do you evaluate evidence when you have a financial relationship with PFIZER INC.?
- Are there reasonable alternatives I should understand when we discuss treatment options?
- How should I interpret the industry-payment records shown here in the context of my care?
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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