Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

FRANCIS E UGOWE

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

NPI
1154784759
CMS profile
7230803
Location
COLUMBIA, SC

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$42,128.11

  • Reported across 133 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$8,393.57

40 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Grant $5,750.00 2
Food and Beverage $1,896.33 36
Consulting Fee $625.00 1
Education $122.24 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $5,235.65 26
Medtronic, Inc. $2,631.73 8
Biosense Webster, Inc. $214.95 3
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $149.33 1
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $99.23 1
Abbott Laboratories $62.68 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $33.26 1
PY2021 $551.41 3
PY2022 $19,193.49 24
PY2023 $13,956.38 65
PY2024 $8,393.57 40

Payment records · PY2024 (40)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2019202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $62.68 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124874513 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $149.33 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120661849 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $46.36 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077718794 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $76.19 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077718862 CMS
Biosense Webster, Inc. $92.40 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077718691 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.65 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376779 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.49 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376781 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3,750.00 02/02/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376829 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $21.70 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376799 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.18 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376787 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.69 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376803 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.39 03/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376797 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.51 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376795 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $625.00 05/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376827 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.35 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376783 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.98 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376805 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.88 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376789 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.34 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376809 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.30 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376813 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $186.97 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376825 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $19.21 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376793 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $17.33 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376791 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $28.94 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376815 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $122.24 06/08/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376823 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.00 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376811 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $51.65 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376819 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $42.67 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376817 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $15.96 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376785 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.98 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376807 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $22.31 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376801 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $71.93 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092376821 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $111.12 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089612 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.15 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121135913 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $174.09 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089614 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $2,000.00 06/07/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112063594 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $160.96 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089616 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $43.39 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089618 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $109.77 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089620 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.25 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089622 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $99.23 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080603548 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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