Device Orthopedic Surgery

Orthalign Plus

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

$3.3Massociated payments (2023-2025)
939clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $595K
2024 $1.5M
2025 $1.2M

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $2.4M
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $869K
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $5,585
Physician Assistant $5,301
Surgical $1,694
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $1,685

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

Clinicians most associated with Orthalign Plus

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Orthalign Plus. 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 Ast Paramus, NJ Orthopaedic Surgery $523,685.80
David Mayman New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $520,621.32
Fred Cushner New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $425,982.73
Steven Haas New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $418,943.62
William Bugbee La Jolla, CA Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $409,006.38
William Lutes Kenosha, WI Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $135,478.86
Eric Heinrich Austin, TX Orthopaedic Surgery $117,420.83
Edwin Su New York, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $109,558.31
Sridhar Durbhakula Bethesda, MD Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $103,330.09
James Chen Mission Viejo, CA Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $99,748.95

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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.