Dr. Walter Few, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Chattanooga, TN Male
NPI: 1699749010
Total Payments
$24,192
2024 Payments
$2,714
Companies
61
Transactions
1,063
Medicare Patients
2,947
Medicare Billing
$241,521

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$23,869 (98.7%)
Travel$293.92 (1.2%)
Education$28.55 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $23,869 1,055 98.7%
Travel and Lodging $293.92 2 1.2%
Education $28.55 6 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $3,387 136 $0 (2020)
Abbott Laboratories $2,195 172 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $1,957 61 $0 (2024)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $1,564 62 $0 (2023)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $1,442 74 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $1,370 34 $0 (2024)
Amgen Inc. $1,189 64 $0 (2024)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,003 57 $0 (2023)
Inari Medical, Inc. $953.92 13 $0 (2024)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $915.57 42 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $2,714 88 Medtronic, Inc. ($669.34)
2023 $4,124 129 Inari Medical, Inc. ($510.30)
2022 $3,034 111 Medtronic, Inc. ($360.25)
2021 $2,085 99 Medtronic, Inc. ($563.89)
2020 $2,497 119 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($983.46)
2019 $3,475 173 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($1,390)
2018 $3,464 181 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($945.97)
2017 $2,798 163 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($409.43)

All Payment Transactions

1,063 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 43

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/31/2024 Medtronic, Inc. FFRANGIO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.79 General
Category: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) Systems
12/19/2024 PFIZER INC. VYNDAQEL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.28 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
12/18/2024 Philips North America LLC (CK4) MCOT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.51 General
Category: Medical Device
12/18/2024 Abbott Laboratories JOT DX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.49 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
12/18/2024 Abbott Laboratories AVEIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.01 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
12/14/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $173.01 General
Category: Implant Cardio Defib - ICDs
12/12/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.46 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/10/2024 Abbott Laboratories JOT DX (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.97 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
11/24/2024 Philips North America LLC (CK4) MCOT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.23 General
Category: Medical Device
11/22/2024 Novo Nordisk Inc Ozempic (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.28 General
Category: Diabetes
11/18/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.86 General
Category: Implant Cardio Defib - ICDs
11/13/2024 Philips North America LLC (CK4) MCOT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $72.40 General
Category: Medical Device
11/13/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.16 General
Category: VTE
11/12/2024 ShockWave Medical, Inc Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $94.65 General
Category: Lithoplasty
11/07/2024 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. ELIQUIS (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.69 General
Category: Cardiovascular
11/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. FFRANGIO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.49 General
Category: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) Systems
10/16/2024 CVRx, Inc. Barostim Neo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $150.32 General
Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension
10/08/2024 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. CAMZYOS (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.67 General
Category: Cardiovascular
10/08/2024 Philips North America LLC (CK4) MCOT (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $14.62 General
Category: Medical Device
10/07/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.23 General
Category: Implant Cardio Defib - ICDs
10/06/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.32 General
Category: Implant Cardio Defib - ICDs
10/03/2024 Abbott Laboratories ASSURITY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.93 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
10/01/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.07 General
Category: General - Therapies_CRM
10/01/2024 Abbott Laboratories AVEIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.04 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
10/01/2024 Abbott Laboratories AVEIR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.46 General
Category: Cardiac Rhythm Management
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 12 721 934 $175,530 $58,475
2022 9 687 903 $162,327 $53,326
2021 11 800 1,081 $208,563 $70,471
2020 10 739 1,010 $194,094 $59,249
Total Patients
2,947
Total Services
3,928
Medicare Billing
$241,521
Procedure Codes
42

All Medicare Procedures & Services

42 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 266 436 $96,372 $35,282 36.6%
93458 Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2023 32 32 $21,344 $5,824 27.3%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 35 35 $15,330 $4,420 28.8%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 26 26 $11,201 $3,593 32.1%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 27 52 $8,112 $2,967 36.6%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2023 188 199 $6,843 $1,842 26.9%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 21 24 $3,625 $1,455 40.1%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 12 12 $3,552 $1,161 32.7%
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes Facility 2023 13 13 $3,016 $1,095 36.3%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 49 50 $5,250 $449.29 8.6%
93922 Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries Office 2023 31 31 $741.12 $245.58 33.1%
36415 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample Office 2023 21 24 $144.00 $141.12 98.0%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 266 446 $102,134 $36,392 35.6%
93458 Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2022 22 22 $14,674 $4,110 28.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 27 27 $11,880 $3,925 33.0%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 28 28 $12,264 $3,920 32.0%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2022 219 230 $8,280 $2,119 25.6%
99232 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes Facility 2022 24 40 $6,240 $2,013 32.3%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2022 49 56 $5,880 $529.85 9.0%
93922 Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries Office 2022 31 31 $837.00 $248.44 29.7%
36415 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample Office 2022 21 23 $138.00 $68.07 49.3%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 293 494 $113,126 $41,269 36.5%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 48 49 $21,462 $7,126 33.2%
93458 Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels and left lower heart including imaging interpretation and supervision and injection Facility 2021 35 35 $23,345 $6,858 29.4%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 43 85 $13,260 $4,626 34.9%
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About Dr. Walter Few, MD

Dr. Walter Few, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 02/14/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1699749010.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Walter Few, MD has received a total of $24,192 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,714 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 1,063 transactions from 61 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($23,869).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Few has provided services to 2,947 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,928 services with total Medicare billing of $241,521. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 42 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
  • Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology
  • Location Chattanooga, TN
  • Active Since 02/14/2006
  • Last Updated 05/11/2015
  • Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1699749010

Products in Payments

  • Resolute (Device) $3,270
  • XARELTO (Drug) $1,564
  • ENTRESTO (Drug) $1,256
  • FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $942.19
  • LifeVest (Device) $915.57
  • Impella (Device) $885.05
  • ELIQUIS (Drug) $725.92
  • Repatha (Biological) $684.12
  • BRILINTA (Drug) $657.34
  • SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $610.73
  • Corlanor (Drug) $504.98
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $380.25
  • AVEIR (Device) $378.13
  • FARXIGA (Drug) $359.69
  • WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $341.81
  • KENGREAL (Drug) $326.23
  • PRALUENT ALIROCUMAB INJECTION (Biological) $298.66
  • GENERAL - STENTS (Device) $284.77
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $268.58
  • MULTAQ (Drug) $266.19

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Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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