Adam Protos, MD
Surgery · Jackson, MSNPI 1629383922
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,551 of the $7,740 with a category attached, or 84.6%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 36.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,167 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $165 in 2025.
Across 131 payments — averaging $59.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$622
- Medtronic$423
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$243
- Boehringer Ingelheim$225
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$97913%
- Food & beverage$6,55185%
- Education$2103%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 34 | $2,836 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 45 | $2,123 |
| Abbott | 13 | $622 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $423 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $243 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $225 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $220 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $189 |
| Stryker | 1 | $174 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $145 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $99 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $81 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $43 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Impella$1,989
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$539
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$408
- COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM$328
- CoreValve Evolut$239
- Virtuosaph$232
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$223
- JARDIANCE$207
- NA$174
- HD-IVUS$149
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$148
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$127
- LifeSPARC System$120
- WATCHMAN Access System$112
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$108
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$105
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$102
- ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$102
- ZIO Patch$102
- SternaLock Blu$101
How this compares
$7,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 223 surgery providers in Mississippi.
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.
Other surgery in Jackson
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
- Andrew MalletteJackson$29K
- Alison AcottJackson$26K
- Samuel YelvertonJackson$25K
- Kenneth ClevelandJackson$20K
- David CarrollJackson$18K
- Gina HeathJackson$16K
- Jenetta ThompsonJackson$16K
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.