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Pioneer

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

$731associated payments (2023-2025)
19clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2025 $731

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Vascular Surgery $480
Interventional Cardiology $132
Cardiovascular Disease $44.16
Surgery $25.22
Family Medicine $19.62
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $16.83

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

Clinicians most associated with Pioneer

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Pioneer. 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)
Kristian Hochberg Charleston, SC Vascular Surgery $144.18
Adam Keefer Charleston, SC Vascular Surgery $144.18
Sean Hislop Charleston, SC Vascular Surgery $144.18
Jeffrey Trachtenberg Decatur, IL Vascular Surgery $27.66
Patrick Murphy Decatur, IL Interventional Cardiology $27.66
Pradeep Nair Houma, LA Interventional Cardiology $21.86
Abdullah Bin Munir Zachary, LA Interventional Cardiology $21.86
Charles Thompson Zachary, LA Interventional Cardiology $21.86
Adrian Nugent Zachary, LA Interventional Cardiology $21.86
Eric Wellons Newnan, GA Vascular Surgery $19.63

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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.