Device Sports Surgical

Milagro

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

$404Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
450clinicians with associated payments
4companies reporting

By year

2023 $139K
2024 $186K
2025 $79K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $320K
Orthopaedic Surgery $60K
Foot & Ankle Surgery $13K
Physician Assistant $3,040
Surgical $1,890
Hand Surgery $1,018

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

Clinicians most associated with Milagro

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Milagro. 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)
Brian Busconi Worcester, MA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $138,496.42
Justin Ernat Vail, CO Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $94,331.25
Karen Sutton Stamford, CT Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $50,319.96
Alan Zhang San Francisco, CA Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $24,150.00
Heather Menzer Albuquerque, NM Orthopaedic Surgery $16,815.02
Stephanie Muh Detroit, MI Orthopaedic Surgery $15,412.00
Aleksandr Emerel Malvern, PA Foot & Ankle Surgery $12,240.00
Daniel Schwartz Seattle, WA Orthopaedic Surgery $10,973.16
David Flanigan Columbus, OH Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $1,867.85
Patrick Szukics Stratford, NJ Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $1,342.24

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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.