Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Monolith

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

$448Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
13clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $283K
2024 $80K
2025 $85K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $433K
Orthopaedic Surgery $9,858
Surgical Critical Care $4,782
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $64.13
Physician Assistant $16.54

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

Clinicians most associated with Monolith

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Monolith. 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)
Donald Blaskiewicz Boise, ID Neurological Surgery $428,141.74
Adam Shimer Charlottesville, VA Orthopaedic Surgery $9,779.17
John Hsiang Seattle, WA Neurological Surgery $4,997.35
John Wang Stony Brook, NY Surgical Critical Care $4,781.82
Grant Booher Fort Worth, TX Neurological Surgery $52.00
Brian Danshaw Fort Worth, TX Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $52.00
Kaleb Howard Royal Oak, MI Orthopaedic Surgery $39.43
Jeffrey Fischgrund Southfield, MI Orthopaedic Surgery $39.43
Randi Rasberry West Islip, NY Physician Assistant $16.54
Zachariah George New York, NY Neurological Surgery $16.54

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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.