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Spies

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

$431associated payments (2023-2025)
16clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2025 $431

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery $323
Surgical Critical Care $53.84

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

Clinicians most associated with Spies

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Spies. 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)
Sandeep Malhotra Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Douglas James Hackensack, NJ Surgical Critical Care $26.92
Mohammed Ismael Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Elizabeth Kao Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Andrew Knauer Harris, NY Surgery $26.92
Nadia Bhuyain Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Zeyad Loubnan Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Howard Karpoff Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Lauren Licata Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92
Paramjeet Singh Middletown, NY Surgery $26.92

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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.