James Wolfe, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lawrenceville, GANPI 1194780338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 32.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,089, 6.2 times the $176 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $6,234.
Across 93 payments — averaging $34.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Artivion, Inc.$208
- Johnson & Johnson$199
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$178
- Medtronic$177
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$144
- plus $1K from 25 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $13,731 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.
- Artivion, Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,197100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $1,031 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $208 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 7 | $199 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 8 | $178 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $177 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $144 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $104 |
| BD | 2 | $102 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $99 |
| Vertex | 3 | $95 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $82 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $79 |
| Abbott | 4 | $72 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $54 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $23 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 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.
How this compares
$3,197 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 144 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Georgia.
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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 Lawrenceville
- David ZapataLawrenceville$49K
- Jeremy LondonSavannah$1.6M
- Vinod ThouraniMarietta$1.2M
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Daniel MillerMarietta$237K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
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.