Karen Thompson, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Leesburg, FLNPI 1861423691
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 41.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,873, 9.7 times the $193 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $6,925.
Across 83 payments — averaging $72.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abbott$436
- Gilead$97
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$92
- Penumbra, Inc.$84
- plus $459 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,76246%
- Food & beverage$2,91849%
- Education$2294%
- Gifts$781%
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 | 25 | $2,466 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $2,353 |
| Abbott | 12 | $436 |
| Gilead | 1 | $97 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $92 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Stryker | 3 | $82 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $74 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $57 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $54 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 1 | $38 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
How this compares
$5,986 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 | 21 | $147 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $121 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Leesburg
- 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
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.