Daniel Fusco, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Farmington, CTNPI 1245235936
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $17,034 of the $23,163 with a category attached, or 73.5%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 84.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $13,839 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $216 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $272.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$20K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Arthrex$849
- Kairos Surgical Inc$237
- Abbott$125
- AstraZeneca$53
- plus $107 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,25010%
- Travel & lodging$17,03474%
- Food & beverage$3,87917%
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. | 53 | $19,542 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 14 | $2,249 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $849 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 4 | $237 |
| Abbott | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $53 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$11,347
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$11,120
- DISSECTOR$11,120
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$1,404
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$1,367
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,343
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,195
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$549
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$415
- Mitra Clip system$125
How this compares
$23,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 70 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Connecticut.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Farmington
- Dustin WaltersFarmington$36K
- Dina Al RameniFarmington$18K
- Chittoor Sai-SudhakarFarmington$11K
- Arshad QuadriW. Hartford$626K
- M Clive RobinsonBridgeport$496K
- Justin BlasbergNew Haven$468K
- Marc PelletierNew Haven$151K
- Colleen PietrasNew Haven$68K
- Michael EbrightStamford$67K
- Prashanth VallabhajosyulaNew Haven$36K
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.