Device Tissue Therapies

Biodesign

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

$490Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
240clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $116K
2024 $301K
2025 $73K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Colon & Rectal Surgery $468K
Surgery $17K
Otolaryngology $1,617
Nurse Practitioner $367
Surgical Critical Care $326
Trauma Surgery $277

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

Clinicians most associated with Biodesign

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Biodesign. 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)
David Armstrong Lawrenceville, GA Colon & Rectal Surgery $421,502.25
Amanda Mcclure Ypsilanti, MI Colon & Rectal Surgery $29,126.37
Craig Olson Dallas, TX Surgery $4,262.61
Beth-Ann Shanker Ypsilanti, MI Colon & Rectal Surgery $4,126.37
Jenny Speranza Rochester, NY Colon & Rectal Surgery $3,093.43
Brooke Gurland Palo Alto, CA Surgery $2,311.93
Jeanne Jaffke Novi, MI Colon & Rectal Surgery $1,563.36
Michael Hoa Washington, DC Otolaryngology $1,040.00
Talar Tejirian Los Angeles, CA Surgery $883.82
James Bittner Suffolk, VA Surgery $832.46

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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.