Device Orthoses: Prefab (Non-Custom)

Aircast

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

$102Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
512clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $26K
2024 $31K
2025 $45K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $57K
Foot and Ankle Surgery $14K
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $11K
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) $4,354
Physician Assistant $2,540
Sports Medicine (Pediatrics) $1,436

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

Clinicians most associated with Aircast

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Aircast. 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)
Bassem El Hassan Rochester, MN Orthopaedic Surgery $25,267.00
Christopher Chiodo Boston, MA Orthopaedic Surgery $13,142.30
Lew Schon Baltimore, MD Foot and Ankle Surgery $13,142.30
Gerald Williams Bryn Mawr, PA Orthopaedic Surgery $3,000.00
Sara Edwards San Francisco, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $785.07
Beau Kildow Omaha, NE Orthopaedic Surgery $700.00
Nicholas Kennedy Yakima, WA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $610.00
Gregory Berlet Worthington, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $576.72
Michael Morand Ann Arbor, MI Physician Assistant $493.54
David Hunter Augusta, GA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $477.97

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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.