Allen Morris, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Sacramento, CANPI 1396704169
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 73.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,782 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $81 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $4,430.
Across 58 payments — averaging $66.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$365
- Artivion, Inc.$361
- Atricure, Inc.$119
- Edwards Lifesciences$67
- Kls-martin L.p.$48
- plus $51 from 3 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $18,211 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$346K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,75846%
- Food & beverage$2,07554%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $2,820 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 8 | $365 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 8 | $361 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $67 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $48 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- HeartWare HVAD$2,162
- CoreValve Evolut$157
How this compares
$3,832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Chloride | 11 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Sacramento
- Frank SlachmanSacramento$240K
- Bob KiaiiSacramento$195K
- David CookeSacramento$59K
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$875K
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$764K
- Wilson TsaiWalnut Creek$680K
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.