Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Creo

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

$4.1Massociated payments (2023-2025)
742clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2024 $95K
2025 $4.0M

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $2.2M
Neurological Surgery $1.6M
Orthopaedic Surgery $259K
Orthopaedic Trauma $17K
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery $14K
Ophthalmology $12K

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

Clinicians most associated with Creo

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Creo. 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)
Frank Lamarca Ann Arbor, MI Neurological Surgery $739,974.27
Randall Dryer Austin, TX Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $525,476.28
Steven Poletti Mt Pleasant, SC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $388,935.88
Donald Johnson Mt Pleasant, SC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $388,935.88
Chad Prusmack Lone Tree, CO Neurological Surgery $199,707.43
Choll Kim San Diego, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $198,335.53
John Simpson Richmond, VA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $144,405.06
Justin Bundy Augusta, GA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $128,871.10
Stefan Mindea Stanford, CA Neurological Surgery $121,082.30
Todd Doerr Scottsdale, AZ Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $120,511.99

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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.