Erik Beyer, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lauderdale Lakes, FLNPI 1164481966
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.5%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $42,864 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $5,809 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 631 payments — averaging $163.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$24K
- Atricure, Inc.$20K
- Medtronic$16K
- Abbott$11K
- LSI Solutions Inc$10K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- plus $16K from 26 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $4525.17 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.
- Medtronic$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,15812%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,45031%
- Travel & lodging$21,10720%
- Food & beverage$38,29237%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 30 | $24,174 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 114 | $20,045 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 94 | $15,828 |
| Abbott | 111 | $11,340 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 6 | $9,615 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 53 | $5,668 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $4,074 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 79 | $2,808 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 30 | $2,664 |
| Abiomed | 20 | $1,617 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $933 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 8 | $717 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $545 |
| Davol Inc. | 9 | $517 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 10 | $494 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $455 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $373 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $303 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $121 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $85 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $15 |
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.
- Perceval$23,392
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$12,959
- Bio-Medicus$11,250
- COR KNOT$9,263
- FLOSEAL$3,658
- Epic$3,104
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$3,000
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$2,101
- Mitra Clip system$1,814
- ECM Patch,Pouch$1,800
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,754
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,620
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,588
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$1,526
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,336
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$1,323
- Mosaic$1,116
- Impella$1,023
- Barostim Neo System$920
- AMPLATZER Occluders$675
How this compares
$103,007 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Lauderdale Lakes
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.