Joseph Graham, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Ogden, UTNPI 1578638383
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 66.1% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,902 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $142 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $4,101.
Across 67 payments — averaging $61.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Elutia, Inc.$306
- Abiomed$242
- Atricure, Inc.$203
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$142
- Edwards Lifesciences$130
- plus $367 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,75843%
- Food & beverage$2,30256%
- Education$411%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $2,711 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 9 | $306 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $242 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $203 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $130 |
| Abbott | 1 | $102 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $48 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $29 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CoreValve Evolut$1,962
- Impella$167
- Flexitouch Plus$142
- Nimbl$142
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$125
- Epic$102
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$100
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$100
How this compares
$4,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 46 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Utah.
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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 Ogden
- Devin RiggOgden$5K
- Abhishek KashyapOgden$3K
- David GoffOgden$3K
- Timothy IcenogleOgden$57
- Brent BowlesSt George$69K
- Jason GlotzbachSalt Lake City$45K
- Spencer MelbyOrem$30K
- Charles NeedhamSt George$18K
- John DotyMurray$18K
- Reilly HobbsMurray$15K
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.