RxDoctor Payments Data

James Klena, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rockingham, VANPI 1285740662

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 61.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,160 and has fallen 81.8% since, to $575 in 2025.

$9,745in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 109 payments — averaging $89.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Intuitive Surgical$6K
  • Atricure, Inc.$2K
  • Abiomed$900
  • Medtronic$404
  • Johnson & Johnson$255
  • Solventum Corporation$63
  • plus $90 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$4,38245%
  • Food & beverage$3,57637%
  • Education$1,78818%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Intuitive Surgical70$6,015
Atricure, Inc.15$2,017
Abiomed8$900
Medtronic(2 entities)7$404
Johnson & Johnson2$255
Solventum Corporation3$63
Davol Inc.1$37
Zimmer Biomet1$26
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation1$15
Baxter Healthcare1$13

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.

How this compares

$9,745 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$101,014
Medicare patients
100
Services billed
232

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.

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