George Dimeling, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lexington, KYNPI 1932398161
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 44.8% of the total.
Across 118 payments — averaging $75.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Bolton Medical Inc$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$767
- Medtronic$609
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$273
- plus $500 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,11646%
- Food & beverage$4,73553%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 28 | $3,973 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 27 | $1,403 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 8 | $1,346 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 20 | $767 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $609 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $273 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $117 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Abbott | 2 | $37 |
| Stryker | 1 | $36 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 3 | $15 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$1,216
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,032
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$913
- Penditure$333
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$332
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$315
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$283
- Avalus$217
- KONECT RESILIA$190
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$184
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$177
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$158
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$158
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$142
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$142
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$135
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$128
- Relay Plus$126
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$118
How this compares
$8,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 | 60 | $299 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lexington
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
- Alberto de HoyosLexington$32K
- Theodore WrightLexington$22K
- Hamid MohammadzadehLexington$19K
- Tessa London-BoundsLexington$18K
- Austin WardLexington$18K
- John ChaneyLexington$15K
- Robert MitchellLexington$13K
- Suresh KeshavamurthyLexington$13K
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.