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Core

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

$1.2Massociated payments (2023-2025)
1,540clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $586K
2024 $245K
2025 $348K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $696K
Otolaryngology $129K
Orthopaedic Surgery $83K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $82K
Otology & Neurotology $37K
Vascular Neurology $19K

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

Clinicians most associated with Core

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Core. 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)
Pablo Recinos Cleveland, OH Neurological Surgery $66,304.89
Gustavo Pradilla Baltimore, MD Neurological Surgery $52,050.61
Gabriel Zada Los Angeles, CA Neurological Surgery $51,069.18
Daniel Refai Atlanta, GA Neurological Surgery $44,366.77
Mitesh Shah Indianapolis, IN Neurological Surgery $40,062.03
Hardeep Singh Atlanta, GA Orthopaedic Surgery $39,208.32
Constantinos Hadjipanayis Pittsburgh, PA Neurological Surgery $34,930.03
Jacques Morcos Houston, TX Neurological Surgery $34,875.54
Walavan Sivakumar Torrance, CA Neurological Surgery $29,006.78
Shaan Raza Houston, TX Neurological Surgery $28,865.44

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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.