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Safeguard

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

$7,179associated payments (2023-2025)
27clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $648
2024 $3,229
2025 $3,302

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Hand Surgery $6,611
Orthopaedic Surgery $203
Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $116
Physician Assistant $105
Plastic Surgery $82.54
Surgical $22.71

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

Clinicians most associated with Safeguard

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Safeguard. 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)
Eric Wagner Atlanta, GA Hand Surgery $3,000.00
Nathan Morrell Albuquerque, NM Hand Surgery $3,000.00
Matthew Belton Aurora, CO Hand Surgery $366.50
Stephen Troum Southlake, TX Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $98.09
Laura Kaiser Boulder, CO Physician Assistant $59.76
Dominik Rog Boulder, CO Hand Surgery $59.75
Stephanie Stephens Irving, TX Orthopaedic Surgery $54.81
Madonna Henry Statesboro, GA Physician Assistant $44.92
Don Aaron Savannah, GA Orthopaedic Surgery $44.92
Jessica Billig Dallas, TX Plastic Surgery $44.83

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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.