Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Independence Mis

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

$277Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
116clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $175K
2024 $102K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $208K
Neurological Surgery $65K
Orthopaedic Surgery $1,350
Vascular Surgery $579
Surgery $438
Physician Assistant $433

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

Clinicians most associated with Independence Mis

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Independence Mis. 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)
Warren Yu Washington, DC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $65,574.81
Ira Fedder Towson, MD Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $65,574.81
Robert Banco Wellesley Hills, MA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $65,566.20
Seth Zeidman Rochester, NY Neurological Surgery $62,252.79
Steven Poletti Mt Pleasant, SC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $6,000.00
Michael Gallizzi Lone Tree, CO Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $3,674.48
Muhammad Janjua Oklahoma City, OK Neurological Surgery $852.04
Chase Bennett Advance, NC Orthopaedic Surgery $502.00
Michael Collins Metairie, LA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $284.93
Raymond Hah Los Angeles, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $212.47

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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.