James Maloney, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Madison, WINPI 1386695047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 58.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,634 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $124 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WI, where the typical reported total is $5,625.
Across 33 payments — averaging $127.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Covidien LP$245
- Abiomed$231
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$105
- Johnson & Johnson$100
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,07426%
- Travel & lodging$1,75742%
- Food & beverage$1,28831%
- Education$762%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $2,441 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,074 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $245 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $231 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $100 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,702
- TAGRISSO$1,074
- iDrive$106
How this compares
$4,195 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 97 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Wisconsin.
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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 Madison
- Ghulam MurtazaMadison$106K
- Justin WatsonMadison$35K
- Deemy RekkasMadison$15K
- Daniel McCarthyMadison$14K
- Vijay KantamneniMadison$12K
- Andrea AxtellMadison$9K
- Chris RokkasMadison$9K
- Zahir RashidMadison$8K
- Yu XiaMadison$4K
- Paul TessmannMadison$4K
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.