Kevin Accola, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Orlando, FLNPI 1760488431
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $254,963 of the $312,858 with a category attached, or 81.5%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 98.0% of it on its own, with 16 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 305 payments — averaging $1025.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$307K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Abbott$577
- Medtronic$291
- Stryker$256
- Artivion, Inc.$250
- plus $461 from 11 others
Across 113 payments — averaging $11,923 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$1.3M
- Abbott$16K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Artivion, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$254,96381%
- Speaking & faculty fees$25,4928%
- Travel & lodging$23,8798%
- Food & beverage$8,5233%
- Education$10%
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 | 240 | $306,643 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 13 | $4,381 |
| Abbott | 8 | $577 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $291 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 4 | $256 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 15 | $250 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 5 | $88 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $88 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $50 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $38 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $28 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $25 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $11 |
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.
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$14,943
- Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease Pericardial Valve$12,825
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$12,825
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$3,500
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,609
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$729
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$313
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$196
- MitraClip System$183
- Mitra Clip system$148
- APOLLOTM$144
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$144
- Viaflow$136
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$117
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$107
How this compares
$312,858 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Orlando
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Lawrence LeeOrlando$252K
- Marcelo DasilvaOrlando$150K
- Ahmad ZeeshanOrlando$85K
- Farid GharagozlooOrlando$61K
- Michael HannaOrlando$52K
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
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.