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Spacemaker

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

$848associated payments (2023-2025)
14clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $387
2024 $298
2025 $163

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery $754
Surgical Oncology $58.12
Physician Assistant $19.60
Anesthesiology $16.04

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

Clinicians most associated with Spacemaker

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Spacemaker. 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)
Francis Essien Wildomar, CA Surgery $191.03
Brett Cohen Hollywood, FL Surgery $140.61
Eraj Basseri Beverly Hills, CA Surgery $98.42
Neal Dixon Camarillo, CA Surgery $74.91
Jacek Wecowski Ocala, FL Surgical Oncology $58.12
Eittel Oppenheimer Gonzalez Gainesville, FL Surgery $58.12
Nikhilesh Sekhar Fairfield, CT Surgery $44.22
Brett Simenhoff Hewlett, NY Surgery $44.22
David Earle Springfield, MA Surgery $39.49
Joseph Hartigan Jacksonville, FL Surgery $39.37

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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.