Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Leverage

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

$1,522associated payments (2023-2025)
38clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $955
2024 $268
2025 $299

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $509
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $463
Orthopaedic Surgery $317
Nurse Practitioner $128
Physician Assistant $81.03
Ophthalmology $24.69

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

Clinicians most associated with Leverage

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Leverage. 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)
Amit Patel York, PA Orthopaedic Surgery $161.71
Zeeshan Sardar New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $134.98
Charles Schnee Baltimore, MD Neurological Surgery $113.71
Keven Burns Scottsdale, AZ Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $88.89
Abhishek Ray Cleveland, OH Neurological Surgery $85.21
Blake Pearson Birmingham, AL Neurological Surgery $78.54
Analyn Blair Birmingham, AL Nurse Practitioner $78.54
Franklin Lee Rockville Centre, NY Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $71.61
Wendy Conner Birmingham, AL Nurse Practitioner $49.09
Christopher Mandigo New York, NY Neurological Surgery $38.13

Prescribed Leverage?

See what its makers reported for your doctor. Two steps, private, no account.

Check my doctor

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.