Galen Ohnmacht, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jackson, MSNPI 1528161619
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $49,789 of the $82,760 with a category attached, or 60.2%. Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. accounts for 84.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $34,732 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $8,294 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MS 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 107 payments — averaging $773.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$70K
- Elucent Medical$7K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$341
- Atricure, Inc.$193
- AstraZeneca$102
- plus $229 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$49,78960%
- Consulting fees$21,20526%
- Travel & lodging$8,46210%
- Food & beverage$3,2524%
- Education$520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 59 | $70,083 |
| Elucent Medical | 7 | $7,372 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 23 | $4,441 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $341 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $193 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $102 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $76 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $44 |
| Bayer | 1 | $25 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $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.
- Spin$49,289
- SPiN Thoracic Navigation System, 120V, 60Hz$20,673
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,064
- Harmonic$341
- TAGRISSO$102
How this compares
$82,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Mississippi.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $198 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Jackson
- Pierre de DelvaJackson$71K
- John CalhounJackson$12K
- Craig AdamsJackson$9K
- Jacob MoremenJackson$7K
- William HarrisJackson$6K
- Ronald KennedyJackson$6K
- Jonathan ReimerJackson$4K
- Kelsey KochJackson$3K
- Christopher GreenleafJackson$2K
- Komal ParikhJackson$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.