Joel Corvera, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Indianapolis, INNPI 1861677361
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 29.8% of the total.
Across 81 payments — averaging $119.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$399
- Kls-martin L.p.$369
- plus $695 from 9 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $6431.81 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.
- Bolton Medical Inc$72K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$63K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,57858%
- Food & beverage$4,06142%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $2,872 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 16 | $2,645 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $1,495 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $1,165 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $399 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $369 |
| Abbott | 1 | $171 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $130 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $124 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $114 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $71 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Product in Development$1,810
- RibFix Blu$1,286
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$438
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$370
- On-X$209
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$200
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$176
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$172
- MitraClip$171
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$134
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$114
How this compares
$9,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 127 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Indiana.
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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 Indianapolis
- Marc GerdischIndianapolis$1.4M
- Andrew BarksdaleIndianapolis$158K
- Manesh ParikshakIndianapolis$61K
- Ashish PulikalIndianapolis$36K
- Nakul ValsangkarIndianapolis$33K
- Karen RiegerIndianapolis$28K
- John FehrenbacherIndianapolis$26K
- John BrownIndianapolis$25K
- Vincent NardyIndianapolis$19K
- David HeimansohnIndianapolis$17K
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.