Mwazhuwa Kuretu, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lewes, DENPI 1881633220
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,218 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $183 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in DE, where the typical reported total is $2,841.
Across 44 payments — averaging $63.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$550
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$513
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$425
- Edwards Lifesciences$234
- Atricure, Inc.$145
- Covidien LP$138
- plus $784 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,789100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 7 | $550 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 12 | $513 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $425 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $234 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $138 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $124 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $102 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $96 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $66 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Resolute$155
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$145
- JARDIANCE$125
- Confirm Rx$124
- Aquadex$110
- CoreValve Evolut$106
- GENERAL ULTRASOUND$102
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$102
How this compares
$2,789 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $121 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $49 |
| Alprazolam | 13 | $49 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 11 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lewes
- Vincent LotanoLewes$5K
- Mudiwa MunyikwaLewes$1K
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Kurt WehbergMillsboro$5K
- Paul FedalenDover$4K
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.