James Takara, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Venice, FLNPI 1902883747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (59.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 69.4% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $32,784 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $714 in 2025.
Across 159 payments — averaging $248.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$27K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$1K
- Abiomed$1K
- Endologix LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3751%
- Travel & lodging$10,13226%
- Food & beverage$5,47214%
- Education$23,52660%
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 | 34 | $27,422 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $5,077 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $2,002 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $1,170 |
| Abiomed | 16 | $1,139 |
| Endologix LLC | 7 | $1,072 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $345 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $123 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $118 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Abbott | 3 | $52 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Coastal Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$27,025
- Perceval$5,015
- Spin$1,077
- Ovation$625
- Impella$378
- Simulus$375
- ENDURANT IIS$240
- CoreValve Evolut$192
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$158
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$158
- AFX$140
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$139
- 3F$125
- TAGRISSO$118
How this compares
$39,505 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 36 | $251 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 38 | $170 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 20 | $85 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Venice
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.