Clifton Lewis, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Birmingham, ALNPI 1639173271
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (32.2%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 60.4% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 91 payments — averaging $511.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$28K
- Enablecv Inc.$9K
- Edwards Lifesciences$7K
- Abbott$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$230
- Elutia, Inc.$157
- plus $536 from 7 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $1366.99 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$14K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,61023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,57025%
- Grants$15,00032%
- Travel & lodging$4,65510%
- Food & beverage$4,72310%
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) | 31 | $28,127 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 10 | $9,389 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $7,045 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,075 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $230 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $119 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
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.
- ACTIVA PC$15,000
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$9,252
- CoreValve Evolut$7,485
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$4,320
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$2,038
- Mitra Clip system$371
- INFINITY$150
- ECM Patch,Pouch$135
- Da Vinci Surgical System$134
- Mosaic$131
- MitraClip$130
- FLOSEAL$125
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$119
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$119
How this compares
$46,558 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 43 | $201 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Birmingham
- Kyle EudaileyBirmingham$184K
- Carlton RandlemanBirmingham$161K
- James DaviesBirmingham$99K
- Andrew PapoyBirmingham$63K
- Sara PereiraBirmingham$62K
- Panayotis VardasBirmingham$49K
- Benjamin WeiBirmingham$18K
- Douglas MinnichBirmingham$10K
- John ThurberBirmingham$7K
- Sasha StillBirmingham$7K
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.