Joshua Rovin, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Clearwater, FLNPI 1780658054
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 81.4% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 484 payments — averaging $294.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$116K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$13K
- Abbott$7K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Philips North America LLC$512
- plus $1K from 12 others
Across 484 payments — averaging $3235.10 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.
- Medtronic$932K
- Abbott$376K
- Boston Scientific$153K
- Edwards Lifesciences$105K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$52,89437%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,32128%
- Travel & lodging$33,43323%
- Food & beverage$17,05912%
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) | 308 | $116,183 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $13,211 |
| Abbott | 81 | $6,679 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $3,231 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,419 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $512 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $284 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 3 | $245 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $217 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $104 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $51 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $22 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $13 |
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$48,207
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$47,891
- Product in Development$11,750
- Avalus$6,534
- Mitra Clip system$1,888
- EVOQUE$1,560
- Hancock$1,147
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,028
- PASCAL$861
- Mosaic$851
- MitraClip$741
- Simulus$638
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$525
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$525
- MitraClip System$468
- IMPEDE EMBOLIZATION PLUG$284
- Epic$225
- JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System$191
- PORTICO$141
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$131
How this compares
$142,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 25 | $174 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Clearwater
- Michael KayattaClearwater$60K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
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.