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Fortify Assura

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

$13Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
226clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $9,914
2024 $2,331
2025 $418

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Cardiovascular Disease $3,792
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $2,455
Interventional Cardiology $2,416
Family $837
Internal Medicine $676
Physician Assistant $407

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

Clinicians most associated with Fortify Assura

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Fortify Assura. 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)
Peter Kluge Eau Claire, WI Interventional Cardiology $1,316.70
Walter Pinedo Aguada, PR Cardiovascular Disease $304.54
Martha Sanford Memphis, TN Internal Medicine $257.50
Alexander Chernobelsky Wellington, FL Cardiovascular Disease $226.11
Don Davis Panama City, FL Cardiovascular Disease $222.40
Dixie Allen Destin, FL Family $218.23
Deependra Mahato Colton, CA Neurological Surgery $193.29
Francis Le Panama City, FL Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $186.02
Tarpan Patel Avondale, AZ Interventional Cardiology $163.74
Patricia Struck Surprise, AZ Family $163.74

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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.