Device Orthopedics

Hemicap

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

$5,129associated payments (2023-2025)
58clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $596
2024 $412
2025 $4,121

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $2,159
Foot & Ankle Surgery $908
Podiatrist $721
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $339
Hand Surgery $339
Physician Assistant $220

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

Clinicians most associated with Hemicap

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Hemicap. 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)
Barron Bremner West Des Moines, IA Orthopaedic Surgery $1,050.43
Thomas Kovack Dublin, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $382.26
John Mcfadden Charleston, SC Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $151.99
Francis Owings North Charleston, SC Hand Surgery $151.99
Arnold-Peter Weiss Providence, RI Hand Surgery $151.99
Salvatore Frangiamore Garfield Heights, OH Orthopaedic Surgery $149.24
Harrison Scofield San Antonio, TX Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $138.29
Earl Solomon Marble Falls, TX Foot & Ankle Surgery $132.80
Stephanie Boden Louisville, KY Orthopaedic Surgery $127.31
Gregory Nicholson Chicago, IL Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $119.30

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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.