Eric Sceusi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Atlanta, GANPI 1114256435
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (57.5%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 76.5% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,147 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $1,195 in 2025.
Across 78 payments — averaging $123.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- AstraZeneca$707
- Atricure, Inc.$162
- Johnson & Johnson$158
- Davol Inc.$148
- Boston Scientific$135
- plus $952 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5255%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5005%
- Travel & lodging$4685%
- Food & beverage$2,58427%
- Education$5,52658%
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 | 22 | $7,342 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $707 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 5 | $158 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $148 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $135 |
| CSA Medical, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $91 |
| BD | 2 | $73 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $67 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $54 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $35 |
| Healthmyne, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $26 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $21 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $13 |
| Reprise Biomedical, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,473
- DA VINCI SP$1,250
- IMFINZI$525
- NovoTTF-100L$121
How this compares
$9,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $125 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $46 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Atlanta
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
- Allan PickensAtlanta$87K
- Bradley LeshnowerAtlanta$63K
- Kimberly HolstAtlanta$52K
- William KeelingAtlanta$49K
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.