Total Payments
$46,138
2023 Payments
$6,825
Companies
11
Transactions
61

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$18,105 (39.2%)
Other$14,263 (30.9%)
Travel$11,485 (24.9%)
Food & Beverage$2,285 (5.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $18,105 9 39.2%
Travel and Lodging $11,485 18 24.9%
Honoraria $8,313 3 18.0%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $5,950 1 12.9%
Food and Beverage $2,285 30 5.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
BioStable Science & Engineering $19,691 20 $0 (2019)
CryoLife, Inc. $7,821 21 $0 (2019)
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $6,169 4 $0 (2023)
Admedus Corporation $5,313 2 $0 (2018)
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $3,694 5 $0 (2019)
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $2,500 3 $0 (2022)
Ethicon Inc. $605.00 1 $0 (2023)
Artivion, Inc. $151.63 2 $0 (2023)
Aziyo Biologics, Inc. $135.77 1 $0 (2018)
AtriCure, Inc. $33.25 1 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2023 $6,825 6 Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. ($6,169)
2022 $1,101 2 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ($1,000)
2021 $1,500 2 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. ($1,500)
2019 $23,848 30 BioStable Science & Engineering ($19,630)
2018 $11,930 20 Admedus Corporation ($5,313)
2017 $934.02 1 LSI SOLUTIONS INC ($934.02)

All Payment Transactions

61 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
08/08/2023 Ethicon Inc. MONOCRYL (Device), PDS, STRATAFIX Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $605.00 General
Category: Sutures
06/23/2023 Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. RETHYMIC (Drug) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $5,950.00 General
Category: CONGENITAL ATHYMIA
06/23/2023 Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. RETHYMIC (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $128.26 General
Category: CONGENITAL ATHYMIA
06/23/2023 Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. RETHYMIC (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $86.72 General
Category: CONGENITAL ATHYMIA
06/23/2023 Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. RETHYMIC (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.45 General
Category: CONGENITAL ATHYMIA
04/03/2023 Artivion, Inc. CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.66 General
Category: Cardiovascular surgery
07/13/2022 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. CARDIOCEL (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: CARDIOCEL
05/14/2022 Artivion, Inc. CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE (Device), ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER, PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $100.97 General
Category: Cardiovascular surgery
11/29/2021 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. CARDIOCEL (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $500.00 General
Category: CARDIOCEL
01/11/2021 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. RESTOREFLO (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: RESTOREFLO
10/25/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $21.41 General
10/16/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
10/16/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $487.97 General
10/16/2019 LSI SOLUTIONS INC RAM (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $109.09 General
Category: CARDIOTHORACIC
10/16/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $37.15 General
10/01/2019 CryoLife, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.66 General
09/27/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $50.41 General
09/26/2019 LSI SOLUTIONS INC COR KNOT (Device), RAM Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $356.49 General
Category: CARDIOTHORACIC
09/24/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $4,200.00 General
09/24/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $854.55 General
09/24/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $31.00 General
08/16/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $424.00 General
07/05/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $170.08 General
07/02/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $140.30 General
07/02/2019 BioStable Science & Engineering Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $63.72 General

About Joseph Turek

Joseph Turek is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/08/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1114193224.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Joseph Turek has received a total of $46,138 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $6,825 received in 2023. These payments were reported across 61 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($18,105).

Practice Information

  • Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
  • Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), Surgery
  • Location Chapel Hill, NC
  • Active Since 05/08/2008
  • Last Updated 09/15/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1114193224

Products in Payments

  • RETHYMIC (Drug) $6,169
  • COR KNOT (Device) $3,585
  • On-X (Device) $1,683
  • CARDIOCEL (Device) $1,500
  • RESTOREFLO (Device) $1,000
  • MONOCRYL (Device) $605.00
  • CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE (Device) $151.63
  • ECM (Device) $135.77
  • RAM (Device) $109.09
  • AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System (Device) $33.25
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $23.32
  • PhotoFix (Device) $8.19

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.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Doctors in Chapel Hill