Korie Jones, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · New Orleans, LANPI 1831548593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 67.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,538, more than ten times the $108 reported in 2021.
Across 68 payments — averaging $272.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$13K
- Artivion, Inc.$4K
- Bolton Medical Inc$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$536
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$108
- Medtronic$77
- plus $67 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,50046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,00011%
- Travel & lodging$6,29234%
- Food & beverage$1,6309%
- Education$1081%
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 | 42 | $12,537 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $4,036 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 8 | $1,169 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $536 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $77 |
| Abbott | 1 | $67 |
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
$18,530 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 75 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Louisiana.
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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 New Orleans
- Aditya BansalNew Orleans$140K
- Brian PettifordNew Orleans$35K
- Patrick ParrinoNew Orleans$11K
- William RisherNew Orleans$7K
- Stephen SpindelNew Orleans$6K
- Jordan DozierNew Orleans$5K
- Eugene KukuyNew Orleans$4K
- Michael WeaverNew Orleans$3K
- Inder MehtaNew Orleans$3K
- Saket SinghNew Orleans$2K
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.