Jess Joymon, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Denver, CONPI 1598916405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 53.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,613 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $1,364 in 2025.
Across 207 payments — averaging $168.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$18K
- Abiomed$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1253%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1530%
- Travel & lodging$6,78820%
- Food & beverage$10,06329%
- Education$16,67448%
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 | 35 | $18,470 |
| Abiomed | 25 | $4,432 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 36 | $3,178 |
| Abbott | 48 | $2,645 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,125 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $1,037 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 6 | $979 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $289 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $280 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $258 |
| Johnson & Johnson(4 entities) | 5 | $248 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $226 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $203 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $184 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $152 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $118 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $116 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $41 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $39 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $11 |
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$17,788
- Impella$3,706
- TECENTRIQ$1,125
- Mitra Clip system$770
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$770
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$768
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$549
- SternaLock Blu$404
- KONECT RESILIA$268
- AngioVac$256
- MitraClip$246
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$193
- Epic$186
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$160
- MitraClip System$154
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$153
- On-X$153
- ProtekDuo$144
- TAGRISSO$125
- VAC VERAFLO$122
How this compares
$34,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Denver
- Jason ShofnosDenver$40K
- Michael CoadyDenver$20K
- Kevin MillerDenver$8K
- Richard OhyeDenver$5K
- Mark AmmonsDenver$3K
- John VosslerDenver$3K
- Myles GuberDenver$2K
- Max MitchellDenver$2K
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
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.