Firebird
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Firebird. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Firebird, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Firebird
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Firebird. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Keller | Melbourne, FL | Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine | $973,874.62 |
| John Lankenau | Lake Havasu City, AZ | Orthopaedic Surgery | $159,453.06 |
| Alan Mcgee | Fort Wayne, IN | Orthopaedic Surgery | $116,096.39 |
| Howard Reichman | Provo, UT | Neurological Surgery | $113,148.76 |
| Joel Siegal | Galion, OH | Neurological Surgery | $18,108.86 |
| Lawrence Babat | Nashville, TN | Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine | $9,934.90 |
| Chad Campion | Germantown, TN | Orthopaedic Surgery | $6,783.75 |
| Azam Basheer | Detroit, MI | Neurological Surgery | $3,254.51 |
| Ezra Levy | Thornton, CO | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,331.50 |
| David Gendelberg | San Francisco, CA | Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,105.54 |
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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.