John Anastasi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Augusta, GANPI 1285691113
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $488, 3.6 times the $136 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 44 payments — averaging $30.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$318
- Atricure, Inc.$265
- Johnson & Johnson$142
- Medtronic$92
- Livanova USA, Inc.$72
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$60
- plus $410 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,361100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 7 | $318 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $265 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $142 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $92 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $58 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $50 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $23 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $22 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 15 | $614 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Augusta
- Timothy HunterAugusta$22K
- Richard LeeAugusta$19K
- Vijaykumar PatelAugusta$16K
- Preston SparksAugusta$9K
- William KitchensAugusta$9K
- Dominic GalloAugusta$8K
- Jeremy LondonSavannah$1.6M
- Vinod ThouraniMarietta$1.2M
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
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.