Catharine McDermott, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Loveland, CONPI 1114306578
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,712 of the $7,831 with a category attached, or 60.2%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,065 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $163 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $8,306.
Across 96 payments — averaging $81.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$403
- Abiomed$294
- Arthrex$137
- plus $389 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,71260%
- Food & beverage$1,79223%
- Education$1,32717%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 15 | $2,550 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $2,149 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $1,909 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 39 | $403 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $294 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $137 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $99 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $87 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $85 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $19 |
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
$7,831 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 29 | $240 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 11 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Loveland
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Jenifer MarksLoveland$66K
- Kortney RobinsonLoveland$13K
- Dwight SlaterLoveland$6K
- Mark GuadagnoliLoveland$3K
- Milton GlattererLoveland$2K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Boris SepesiEnglewood$113K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
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.