Emily Cassidy, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1548561194
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.8%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 69.3% of it on its own, with 36 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in LA 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 1,692 payments — averaging $743.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$872K
- Zimmer Biomet$205K
- Atricure, Inc.$74K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$60K
- Johnson & Johnson$26K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$10K
- plus $12K from 31 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $4048.83 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.
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$73K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$233,75919%
- Speaking & faculty fees$259,75021%
- Travel & lodging$215,90417%
- Food & beverage$47,5254%
- Education$500,73840%
- Gifts$610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 1,140 | $871,829 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 323 | $205,128 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 52 | $73,608 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 47 | $59,800 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 27 | $25,941 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $9,712 |
| Davol Inc. | 39 | $3,019 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 8 | $2,616 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $2,162 |
| BD | 7 | $1,470 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $1,001 |
| Merck | 4 | $164 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $91 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $82 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $65 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Partner Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $19 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $19 |
| G1 Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$776,243
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$210,485
- DA VINCI SP$87,100
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$61,864
- Echelon Flex$54,441
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$46,269
- AdvantageRib$21,196
- Enseal$13,650
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$10,969
- RIBFIX TITAN$6,509
- Spin$2,333
- TAGRISSO$2,025
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$1,908
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$800
- Phasix Mesh$484
- RibFix Blu$145
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$143
- CellerateRx$135
- VAC VERAFLO$125
- PREVENA$125
How this compares
$1,257,737 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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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 Baton Rouge
- Nicholas LeblancBaton Rouge$70K
- Imtiaz KhanBaton Rouge$42K
- Azeem KhanBaton Rouge$24K
- Shafi MohamedBaton Rouge$16K
- William BoedefeldBaton Rouge$13K
- Jared MurdockBaton Rouge$10K
- Terry StellyBaton Rouge$8K
- Thomas MarsdenBaton Rouge$2K
- Carl RigbyBaton Rouge$2K
- Walter Bringaze IiiBaton Rouge$2K
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.