Total Payments
$364,478
2024 Payments
$552.81
Companies
28
Transactions
674
Medicare Patients
1,297
Medicare Billing
$287,895

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$239,385 (65.7%)
Travel$75,466 (20.7%)
Food & Beverage$22,262 (6.1%)
Consulting$20,803 (5.7%)
Other$6,563 (1.8%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $239,385 73 65.7%
Travel and Lodging $75,466 319 20.7%
Food and Beverage $22,262 261 6.1%
Consulting Fee $20,803 15 5.7%
Grant $4,063 2 1.1%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $2,500 4 0.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $322,892 467 $0 (2022)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $37,566 140 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $1,220 16 $0 (2018)
ATRICURE, INC. $680.52 13 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $590.29 7 $0 (2023)
Medtronic, Inc. $409.40 3 $0 (2022)
HemoSonics LLC $195.23 1 $0 (2023)
Cook Medical LLC $163.48 3 $0 (2019)
ABIOMED $148.70 2 $0 (2024)
Phadia US Inc. $105.50 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $552.81 9 ATRICURE, INC. ($273.77)
2023 $773.13 9 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($263.26)
2022 $13,623 32 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($10,953)
2021 $41,576 66 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($39,448)
2020 $74,590 89 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($72,874)
2019 $107,730 193 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($95,057)
2018 $98,621 206 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($81,355)
2017 $27,012 70 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($23,204)

All Payment Transactions

674 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 27

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/30/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $118.96 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
09/21/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $110.42 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
08/12/2024 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.90 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
08/06/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation KONECT RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.14 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
07/09/2024 HISTOSONICS,INC. Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $35.08 General
04/11/2024 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $146.91 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
03/15/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.53 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
02/08/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.90 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
01/03/2024 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.97 General
Category: Devices
09/15/2023 HemoSonics LLC QUANTRA QPLUS SYSTEM (Device), QUANTRA QPLUS SYSTEM Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $195.23 General
Category: HEMATOLOGY
07/26/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation KONECT RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $35.95 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
06/22/2023 Abbott Laboratories MITRACLIP (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $147.79 General
Category: Vascular
06/02/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO ANNULOPLASTY RING WITH HOLDER - MITRAL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $42.97 General
Category: Heart Valve Repair
05/12/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $162.36 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
05/11/2023 Abbott Laboratories MITRACLIP (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.07 General
Category: Vascular
03/03/2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.98 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
03/01/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $104.80 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
01/30/2023 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.98 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
12/08/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $77.93 General
12/04/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.86 General
12/03/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.87 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
11/30/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $693.22 General
11/18/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $194.76 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
11/18/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $124.43 General
11/18/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.61 General

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 10 360 384 $418,733 $96,727
2022 11 378 396 $351,662 $84,186
2021 8 321 363 $320,765 $82,559
2020 6 238 259 $69,535 $24,423
Total Patients
1,297
Total Services
1,402
Medicare Billing
$287,895
Procedure Codes
35

All Medicare Procedures & Services

35 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33427 Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 13 13 $113,197 $24,733 21.8%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 14 14 $93,749 $18,307 19.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 107 107 $48,458 $14,612 30.2%
35301 Removal of blood clot and portion of chest, neck, or brain artery Facility 2023 13 14 $55,949 $12,076 21.6%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 20 20 $53,887 $11,590 21.5%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2023 93 109 $27,021 $7,869 29.1%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 30 31 $16,133 $4,429 27.5%
99441 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes Office 2023 27 31 $4,799 $1,506 31.4%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2023 28 30 $4,676 $1,418 30.3%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 15 15 $863.70 $186.30 21.6%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 13 13 $87,051 $18,933 21.7%
33534 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2022 11 11 $86,384 $17,760 20.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2022 95 95 $42,997 $12,863 29.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 18 18 $48,494 $10,937 22.6%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2022 71 80 $19,832 $6,164 31.1%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2022 14 14 $20,335 $4,594 22.6%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 38 38 $13,470 $4,263 31.7%
99443 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes Office 2022 38 43 $15,076 $3,686 24.5%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 34 36 $12,613 $3,485 27.6%
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes Office 2022 25 27 $4,209 $1,226 29.1%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2022 21 21 $1,201 $273.63 22.8%
33534 Heart artery bypass, 2 grafts Facility 2021 12 12 $93,713 $21,543 23.0%
99443 Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion Office 2021 118 149 $52,096 $15,597 29.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 21 21 $56,608 $12,825 22.7%
35301 Removal of blood clot and portion of artery, by neck incision Facility 2021 11 14 $55,669 $12,787 23.0%

About Dr. James Hemp, M.D

Dr. James Hemp, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in San Diego, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/06/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1124006382.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. James Hemp, M.D has received a total of $364,478 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $552.81 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 674 transactions from 28 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($239,385).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Hemp has provided services to 1,297 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,402 services with total Medicare billing of $287,895. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 35 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $322,892
  • EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system (Device) $7,654
  • INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve (Device) $2,709
  • Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease Pericardial Valve (Device) $2,188
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $1,918
  • Endurant (Device) $1,025
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $770.53
  • MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $753.65
  • EDWARDS MC3 TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY RING (Device) $715.60
  • Carpentier-Edwards Physio II Annuloplasty Ring (Device) $462.72
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $444.84
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $271.91
  • Carpentier-Edwards Physio Annuloplasty Ring (Device) $239.47
  • INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) $209.13
  • ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $205.80
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $201.57
  • QUANTRA QPLUS SYSTEM (Device) $195.23
  • Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented (Device) $182.21
  • MITRACLIP (Device) $176.86
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $154.81

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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