Device Orthopedics

Courses

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

$149associated payments (2023-2025)
4clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $149

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Hand Surgery $88.08
Foot & Ankle Surgery $40.36
Podiatrist $20.18

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

Clinicians most associated with Courses

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Courses. 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)
Paul Tavakolian Bedford, TX Hand Surgery $88.08
Jonathan Smedley Round Rock, TX Foot & Ankle Surgery $20.18
Brenda Cohen Round Rock, TX Podiatrist $20.18
Jeffrey Cohen Round Rock, TX Foot & Ankle Surgery $20.18

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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.