Walter Denino, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portland, MENPI 1114238755
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,254 of the $8,582 with a category attached, or 61.2%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,412 and has fallen 87.5% since, to $675 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $143.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$271
- Atricure, Inc.$200
- Livanova USA, Inc.$33
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,25461%
- Food & beverage$3,32839%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 32 | $3,530 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $2,704 |
| Abiomed | 15 | $1,845 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $271 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
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
$8,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 22 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Maine.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 28 | $111 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 29 | $74 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 22 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Portland
- Scott BuchananPortland$12K
- Ansar HassanPortland$10K
- Cristian RosuPortland$9K
- Robert KramerPortland$7K
- Adam PainePortland$2K
- Seth BlankPortland$227
- Ziyad BinsalamahPortland$19
- John KlempererBangor$104K
- Syed QuadriScarborough$18K
- Carmine FrumientoLewiston$18K
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.