James Long
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1518906742
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $623,871 of the $633,633 with a category attached, or 98.5%. Briohealth Solutions, Inc. accounts for 92.5% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $391,336 and has fallen 50.2% since, to $195,000 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OK 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 75 payments — averaging $8448.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Briohealth Solutions, Inc.$586K
- Abbott$47K
- AbbVie$275
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$241
- Abiomed$193
- Medtronic$129
- plus $205 from 3 others
Across 60 payments — averaging $3499.23 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.
- Abbott$210K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$623,87198%
- Travel & lodging$7,4851%
- Food & beverage$2,2770%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $586,071 |
| Abbott | 40 | $46,518 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 16 | $275 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $241 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $193 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $129 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $119 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $73 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $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.
- BRIOVAD$586,071
- HeartMate$24,027
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$16,701
- CardioMEMS HF System$4,050
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,123
- HeartMate Touch$181
- Watchman$119
- Product in Development$116
- HeartWare HVAD$101
How this compares
$633,633 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Oklahoma.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Oklahoma City
- Charles ElkinsOklahoma City$42K
- James ReinersmanOklahoma City$40K
- David VanhooserOklahoma City$25K
- Michael CannonOklahoma City$18K
- Daniel FrenoOklahoma City$16K
- Jess SchwartzOklahoma City$16K
- Marshall BellOklahoma City$14K
- Steven MillerOklahoma City$7K
- Jess ThompsonOklahoma City$5K
- Scott LucasOklahoma City$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.