Device Cardiothoracic

C1

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with C1. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$2,780associated payments (2023-2025)
12clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2024 $2,460
2025 $320

Payments reported as associated with C1, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $2,392
Physician Assistant $197
Surgical $95.54
Family $15.16

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

Clinicians most associated with C1

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with C1. 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)
Michael Defrain Pensacola, FL Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $2,262.57
Thuy Le Ann Arbor, MI Physician Assistant $197.49
Vasant Jayasankar Pensacola, FL Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $66.57
Kevin Knapp Greenville, SC Surgical $64.60
James Orourke Paducah, KY Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $23.82
Bryon Boulton Raleigh, NC Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $23.27
Bernadette Skruck Augusta, GA Surgical $15.47
Timothy Hunter Augusta, GA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $15.47
Jessica Spirl North Augusta, SC Surgical $15.47
Matthew Thompson Tallahassee, FL Family $15.16

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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.