Dominic Cefali, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Newburgh, INNPI 1588638639
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,912 of the $4,642 with a category attached, or 84.3%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 46.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $924 and has fallen 61.9% since, to $352 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $4,642.
Across 132 payments — averaging $35.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$216
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$188
- Medtronic$171
- Abbott$156
- plus $411 from 12 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $2925.57 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$73016%
- Food & beverage$3,91284%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 59 | $2,155 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 24 | $1,346 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $216 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $188 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $171 |
| Abbott | 6 | $156 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $111 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $103 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$4,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 127 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Indiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 11 | $920 |
| Losartan Potassium | 43 | $439 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 54 | $262 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 41 | $250 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 28 | $244 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $223 |
| Lisinopril | 19 | $137 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Newburgh
- Lee WagmeisterNewburgh$19K
- Marc GerdischIndianapolis$1.4M
- Jason FrazierMunster$574K
- James KellyGranger$242K
- Sina MoainieCarmel$184K
- Samuel JacobMuncie$182K
- Andrew BarksdaleIndianapolis$158K
- Manesh ParikshakIndianapolis$61K
- Joseph GreenleeFort Wayne$43K
- Nabeel El-AmirMuncie$38K
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.