Device Communications

Operon

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

$2,632associated payments (2023-2025)
12clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $1,809
2024 $223
2025 $600

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $1,500
Surgery $760
Trauma Surgery $132
Orthopaedic Surgery $122
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $43.65
Family $41.06

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

Clinicians most associated with Operon

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Operon. 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)
Jonas Rudzki Chevy Chase, MD Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $1,500.00
Bryan Blitstein Mooresville, NC Surgery $600.00
Ronald Robertson Little Rock, AR Trauma Surgery $131.94
Walter Dube Hermitage, TN Orthopaedic Surgery $121.62
Bolivar Arboleda Caguas, PR Surgery $62.29
Conrad Ivie Knoxville, TN Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $43.65
Susan Bennett Oakland, MD Family $41.06
Manuel Diaz Vargas Bayamon, PR Surgery $40.35
Gary Ayers Lewisburg, PA Surgery $39.84
Miguel Baez Stella Bayamon, PR Surgery $17.68

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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.