Device Sutures

Pds

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

$880Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
136clinicians with associated payments
6companies reporting

By year

2023 $307K
2024 $335K
2025 $237K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Physician Assistant $391K
Surgical $301K
Neurological Surgery $89K
Colon & Rectal Surgery $42K
Internal Medicine $25K
Vascular Surgery $8,944

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

Clinicians most associated with Pds

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Pds. 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)
Steven Wurzelbacher Cincinnati, OH Physician Assistant $150,236.50
Joshua Beardsley Rock Hill, SC Surgical $98,759.36
Jeanine Gargiulo Alexandria, VA Surgical $87,732.09
Michael Wang Miami, FL Neurological Surgery $87,565.00
Sara Holland Madison, WI Physician Assistant $72,294.59
Heather Austin Salinas, CA Physician Assistant $70,874.16
Sarah Laub New Albany, OH Physician Assistant $46,744.53
Najjia Mahmoud Philadelphia, PA Colon & Rectal Surgery $32,943.75
Emily Billstein Durango, CO Physician Assistant $26,953.36
Gerald Buchert Bellaire, TX Surgical $26,016.45

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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.