James Taylor, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Joplin, MONPI 1225087380
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $8,311 of the $10,797 with a category attached, or 77.0%. Octapharma USA, Inc. accounts for 75.0% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,173 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $352 in 2025.
Across 53 payments — averaging $203.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$8K
- Medtronic$761
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$389
- Johnson & Johnson$247
- Intuitive Surgical$219
- Atricure, Inc.$216
- plus $863 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,31177%
- Food & beverage$2,26721%
- Education$2192%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 5 | $8,103 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $761 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $389 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $247 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $219 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $216 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $140 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $128 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $78 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Abbott | 2 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $41 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $28 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CUTAQUIG$8,056
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$498
- CoreValve Evolut$387
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$371
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$249
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$249
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$164
- ENDURANT IIS$150
- Da Vinci Surgical System$130
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$129
- VISTASEAL$123
- ETHICON$123
- INVOS$118
- Endurant$103
How this compares
$10,797 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 31 | $162 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Joplin
- Junaid HaroonJoplin$22K
- Jamal RabbiJoplin$7K
- Jeffrey LeeJoplin$6K
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$97K
- Ronald NewCape Girardeau$61K
- Dante DaliSpringfield$58K
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.