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I-Stat

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

$161Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
632clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $5,293
2024 $49K
2025 $107K

Payments reported as associated with I-Stat, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Emergency Medicine $115K
Cardiovascular Disease $16K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $7,132
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $3,400
Physician Assistant $1,916
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology $1,847

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

Clinicians most associated with I-Stat

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with I-Stat. 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)
George Hertner Colorado Springs, CO Emergency Medicine $56,659.21
Marat Fudim Durham, NC Cardiovascular Disease $15,621.09
Mark Cichon Maywood, IL Emergency Medicine $12,596.55
Brandon Allen Gainesville, FL Emergency Medicine $10,583.86
Jarid Tareen Manassas, VA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $7,120.00
Debbie Madhok San Francisco, CA Emergency Medicine $5,595.34
Jason Wilson Tampa, FL Emergency Medicine $5,194.12
Leslie Saxon Los Angeles, CA Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $3,335.00
Simon Mahler Winston Salem, NC Emergency Medicine $2,983.11
Mark Gamber Plano, TX Emergency Medicine $2,370.12

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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.