Assist Silver
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Assist Silver. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Assist Silver, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Assist Silver
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Assist Silver. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracee Short | Baton Rouge, LA | Surgery | $34,209.80 |
| Laura Swoboda | Menomonee Falls, WI | Family | $2,193.15 |
| William Hewgley | Birmingham, AL | Trauma Surgery | $233.08 |
| James Hwang | Ridgecrest, CA | Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) | $233.07 |
| Matthew Lovorn | Birmingham, AL | Nurse Practitioner | $177.19 |
| Philip Fidler | Plano, TX | Surgery | $109.01 |
| Caesar Ricci | Fort Worth, TX | Surgical Critical Care | $109.01 |
| Paul Sykes | Houston, TX | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $73.87 |
| Joel Hendricks | Kaufman, TX | Surgery | $35.22 |
| Currissa Alsobrooks | Humble, TX | Family Medicine | $27.71 |
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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.