Michael Moront, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Toledo, OHNPI 1821091687
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $128,091 and has fallen 69.1% since, to $39,629 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OH 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 695 payments — averaging $781.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$263K
- Atricure, Inc.$169K
- Haemonetics Corporation$64K
- Artivion, Inc.$29K
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$5K
- plus $8K from 16 others
Across 185 payments — averaging $10,215 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$1.7M
- Atricure, Inc.$189K
- Artivion, Inc.$4K
- Grifols Therapeutics LLC$200
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$196,72036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$274,41850%
- Travel & lodging$53,35910%
- Food & beverage$18,8763%
- Education$420%
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) | 380 | $262,637 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 205 | $168,749 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 37 | $64,353 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 19 | $29,361 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 16 | $5,305 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 5 | $5,000 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 7 | $3,370 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $2,250 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $1,057 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $1,000 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $64 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $50 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Stryker | 1 | $29 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $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.
- Avalus$218,305
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$74,303
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$57,353
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$27,990
- TEG5000 Hemostasis Analyzer$26,372
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$21,722
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$20,389
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$14,868
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$12,901
- Mosaic$10,954
- TEG$8,750
- Cardioblate$6,083
- CG Future$5,119
- Penditure$4,687
- CoreValve Evolut$4,200
- COR KNOT$3,117
- BIOMEDICUS$3,000
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$2,959
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,989
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$1,500
How this compares
$543,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 19 | $1,700 |
| Mupirocin | 126 | $550 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 73 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Toledo
- Daniel DibardinoToledo$89K
- Christopher PhillipsToledo$37K
- Matthew GoodwinToledo$32K
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
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.