Open Pivot
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Open Pivot. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Open Pivot, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Open Pivot
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Open Pivot. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Foster | Woodstock, NY | Family Medicine | $73.67 |
| Ali Hammoud | Kingston, NY | Cardiovascular Disease | $73.67 |
| Benjamin Schaefer | Rhinebeck, NY | Cardiovascular Disease | $73.67 |
| Gary Cohen | Kingston, NY | Cardiovascular Disease | $73.67 |
| Deirdre Mckibbin Vaughan | Poughkeepsie, NY | Medical | $73.66 |
| Sankar Varanasi | Poughkeepsie, NY | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $73.66 |
| Eric Stamberg | Kingston, NY | Family Medicine | $73.66 |
| Brooke Littlefield | Schenectady, NY | Family Medicine | $73.66 |
| Tom Mckibbin-Vaughan | Hudson, NY | Medical | $73.66 |
| Douglas Kroll | Poughkeepsie, NY | Cardiovascular Disease | $73.66 |
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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.