Device Orthopedics

Soft Tissue - R&D

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

$21Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
3clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2024 $21K

Payments reported as associated with Soft Tissue - R&D, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Podiatrist $11K
Orthopaedic Surgery $9,841

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

Clinicians most associated with Soft Tissue - R&D

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Soft Tissue - R&D. 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)
James Cottom Sarasota, FL Podiatrist $10,469.15
Aaron Mates Parker, CO Orthopaedic Surgery $9,841.11
John Anderson Alamogordo, NM Podiatrist $584.70

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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.