RxDoctor Payments Data

Alan Hartman, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Manhasset, NYNPI 1093886186

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.1% of the total across 11 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 56.1% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $3,409.

$512in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 11 payments — averaging $46.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Atricure, Inc.$287
  • Smith+Nephew$150
  • Medtronic$60
  • Edwards Lifesciences$14
$135,771in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 46 payments — averaging $2951.54 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Atricure, Inc.$83K
  • Medtronic$27K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$25K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$48294%
  • Education$306%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Atricure, Inc.3$287
Smith+Nephew6$150
Medtronic1$60
Edwards Lifesciences1$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.

How this compares

$512 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 383 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$173,505
Medicare patients
80
Services billed
183

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.

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