Kenan Yount, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1417246695
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 59.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $24,524, 7.6 times the $3,239 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 188 payments — averaging $396.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$44K
- Medtronic$23K
- Abbott$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$630
- Hemosonics LLC$462
- plus $571 from 5 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $2285.82 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$42K
- Abbott$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$34,87547%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,15523%
- Travel & lodging$13,86519%
- Food & beverage$8,34011%
- Education$2290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 90 | $44,102 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 48 | $23,054 |
| Abbott | 20 | $4,149 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 13 | $1,496 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $630 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 2 | $462 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $286 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $83 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 3 | $19 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$37,304
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$19,419
- Epic$3,328
- CoreValve Evolut$1,977
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,249
- APOLLOTM$794
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$759
- Quantra QPlus System$462
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$294
- VISTASEAL$281
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$252
- QUNATRA QPLUS SYSTEM$217
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$148
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$147
- DERMABOND$147
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$141
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$140
- Grafts$140
- EVARREST$134
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$132
How this compares
$74,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Jacksonville
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Magdy El-Sayed AhmedJacksonville$209K
- Chadwick StoufferJacksonville$114K
- Christopher ScottJacksonville$111K
- Nathan BatesJacksonville$58K
- Elbert KuoJacksonville$55K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
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.