Daniel Miller, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Marietta, GANPI 1831288430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $154,349 of the $236,684 with a category attached, or 65.2%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 35.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $70,604 and has fallen 74.2% since, to $18,209 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 313 payments — averaging $756.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$83K
- Atricure, Inc.$49K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$40K
- Acumed LLC$39K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$11K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$9K
- plus $5K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$154,34965%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,10016%
- Travel & lodging$33,68314%
- Food & beverage$10,5534%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 78 | $83,375 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 54 | $49,486 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 37 | $40,336 |
| Acumed LLC | 40 | $39,085 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 16 | $10,641 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 13 | $8,516 |
| Medela AG | 1 | $1,500 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $635 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $525 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $515 |
| Merck | 10 | $364 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $295 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $226 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $175 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $158 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $153 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $148 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Novartis | 5 | $85 |
| Amgen | 3 | $62 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $60 |
| Team 1, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $26 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Fortovia Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Echelon Flex$93,121
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$52,297
- Harmonic$41,188
- BioBridge$38,363
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$34,229
- RibLoc$22,528
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$11,437
- EXPAREL$10,163
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$7,827
- AcuTie$6,569
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$4,898
- Enseal$3,986
- HARMONIC Product Family$3,078
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$2,373
- Invia Motion Endure$1,500
- Ovitex$583
- Da Vinci Surgical System$515
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$471
- MONARCH$260
- Signia$258
How this compares
$236,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 144 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Georgia.
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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 Marietta
- Vinod ThouraniMarietta$1.2M
- William MayfieldMarietta$89K
- Theresa LuuMarietta$32K
- Daniel FortesMarietta$23K
- Richard MyungMarietta$12K
- Jeremy LondonSavannah$1.6M
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
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.