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Monarch

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

$443Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
214clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $82K
2024 $194K
2025 $167K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Pulmonary Disease $295K
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $47K
Urology $28K
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) $25K
Internal Medicine $24K
Hematology & Oncology $8,910

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

Clinicians most associated with Monarch

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Monarch. 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)
Michael Machuzak Cleveland, OH Pulmonary Disease $48,341.80
Faisal Khan Greenwood, IN Pulmonary Disease $26,486.28
Omar Ibrahim Farmington, CT Pulmonary Disease $19,143.11
Gustavo Cumbo Nacheli Grand Rapids, MI Pulmonary Disease $18,444.31
Raed Alnajjar Detroit, MI Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $13,926.65
Ismael Matus Newark, DE Pulmonary Disease $13,524.47
Thomas Chi Birmingham, AL Urology $13,329.58
Nicholas Baker Pittsburgh, PA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $12,001.53
Christopher Manley Philadelphia, PA Pulmonary Disease $9,663.01
Grant Pierson Joplin, MO Pulmonary Disease $9,618.99

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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.