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

$1,890associated payments (2023-2025)
14clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $188
2024 $194
2025 $1,507

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Interventional Pain Medicine $1,537
Anesthesiology $211
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $24.56
Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) $24.56
Foot & Ankle Surgery $21.79
Surgical $17.80

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

Clinicians most associated with Protg

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Protg. 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)
Luis Nieves Hurst, TX Interventional Pain Medicine $1,500.00
Semih Gungor New York, NY Anesthesiology $188.48
Jim Fernandez Austin, TX Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) $24.56
Douglas Elenz Austin, TX Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $24.56
Christopher Massey Austin, TX Anesthesiology $22.88
Mark Robson Austin, TX Foot & Ankle Surgery $21.79
Claire Cogsdale Newport News, VA Surgical $17.80
Hisham Khan San Marcos, TX Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) $16.64
Rahul Sarna San Marcos, TX Interventional Pain Medicine $16.64
Wayne Hurst Cedar Park, TX Podiatrist $13.67

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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.