Device Digestive Health

Initial Placement Kits

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

$469associated payments (2023-2025)
25clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $79.74
2024 $113
2025 $277

Payments reported as associated with Initial Placement Kits, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery $96.21
Pediatric Surgery $75.57
Physician Assistant $60.17
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $30.42
Internal Medicine $26.58
Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) $26.58

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

Clinicians most associated with Initial Placement Kits

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Initial Placement Kits. 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)
Diane Bairas Augusta, GA Surgical $25.19
Lillian Day Augusta, GA Otolaryngology $25.19
Alexis Smith Augusta, GA Pediatric Surgery $25.19
Emily Hammond Augusta, GA Surgery $25.19
Robyn Hatley Augusta, GA Pediatric Surgery $25.19
Walter Pipkin Augusta, GA Pediatric Surgery $25.19
Sarah Santucci Philadelphia, PA $23.07
John Manicone Millburn, NJ Surgery $22.48
Amanda Ocampo Hackensack, NJ Physician Assistant $22.48
Adam Kopelan Millburn, NJ $22.48

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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.