Device Sports Med Knee

Acufex

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

$279Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
372clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $135K
2024 $95K
2025 $50K

Payments reported as associated with Acufex, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $219K
Orthopaedic Surgery $44K
Orthopaedic Trauma $7,920
Physician Assistant $3,180
Surgical $667
Nurse Practitioner $614

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

Clinicians most associated with Acufex

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Acufex. 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)
Robert Laprade Edina, MN Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $165,840.55
Brian White Englewood, CO Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $12,600.00
Jorge Chahla Munster, IN Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $8,827.71
Scott Trenhaile Rockford, IL Orthopaedic Surgery $8,750.00
Judd Allen Saratoga Springs, UT Orthopaedic Surgery $8,300.00
Darren Johnson Lexington, KY Orthopaedic Trauma $7,452.63
David Flanigan Columbus, OH Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $5,437.50
Andrew Dold Frisco, TX Orthopaedic Surgery $4,562.50
Geoffrey Van Thiel Rockford, IL Orthopaedic Surgery $3,800.00
Kelechi Okoroha Dallas, TX Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $2,640.07

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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.