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(6557) Mechanical Tools

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with (6557) Mechanical Tools. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$5,504associated payments (2023-2025)
95clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $4,838
2024 $665

Payments reported as associated with (6557) Mechanical Tools, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $2,784
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,357
Cardiovascular Disease $448
Medical $255
Physician Assistant $254
Internal Medicine $155

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with (6557) Mechanical Tools

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with (6557) Mechanical Tools. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Travis Pollema La Jolla, CA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $755.18
Ryan Donovan New Haven, CT Medical $255.08
Ikechukwu Ifedili Memphis, TN Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $194.34
Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green San Diego, CA Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $133.66
Rangadham Nagarakanti Cottonwood, AZ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $126.15
Mark Liwanag Flagstaff, AZ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $126.15
Renzo Cataldo Flagstaff, AZ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $126.15
Scott Krankkala Flagstaff, AZ Physician Assistant $126.15
Nicole Sydow Flagstaff, AZ Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $126.14
Emily Ong New Haven, CT Cardiovascular Disease $123.08

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.