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William Heitman, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Fort Pierce, FLNPI 1184631764

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,974 of the $14,773 with a category attached, or 60.7%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,540, more than ten times the $348 reported in 2019.

$14,773in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 224 payments — averaging $65.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$4K
  • Atricure, Inc.$2K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$2K
  • Abiomed$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • AstraZeneca$617
  • plus $3K from 21 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,52510%
  • Travel & lodging$4,27429%
  • Food & beverage$8,97461%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)51$4,237
Atricure, Inc.26$2,213
Edwards Lifesciences20$1,688
Abiomed17$1,492
Johnson & Johnson(3 entities)9$1,309
AstraZeneca15$617
Zimmer Biomet4$489
LSI Solutions Inc4$466
Artivion, Inc.3$445
Abbott27$370
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation4$198
Lexington Medical, Inc.2$171
Getinge USA Sales, LLC7$156
Livanova USA, Inc.2$145
Merck2$143
Haemonetics Corporation3$128
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)7$125
Cvrx, Inc.7$86
Boston Scientific2$46
Stryker2$43
KCI USA, Inc.2$39
Chiesi USA, Inc.2$34
Southern Edge Orthopaedics, Inc.1$34
C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries1$34
Kls-martin L.p.2$33
Kerecis Limited1$19
Bard Access Systems, Inc.1$14

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

$14,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$89,347
Medicare patients
90
Services billed
197

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan13$12,569
EliquisApixaban13$10,581
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate141$1,900
Atorvastatin Calcium54$792
Metoprolol Tartrate54$360
Metoprolol Succinate29$344
Losartan Potassium12$144
Amiodarone Hcl21$83
Potassium Chloride22$65
Furosemide25$26

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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