Device Orthodontics

Synthesis

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

$1,468associated payments (2023-2025)
37clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $629
2024 $459
2025 $381

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $1,313
Dentist $124
Periodontics $31.84

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

Clinicians most associated with Synthesis

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Synthesis. 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)
Christopher Von Bargen North Charleston, SC Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $129.33
Stanley Cox Brookhaven, GA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $119.38
Kevin Baharvand The Colony, TX Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $97.56
Bret Freedman Dunwoody, GA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $93.52
Kelly Klontz Oklahoma City, OK Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $90.44
Laurie Parks Frisco, TX Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $81.11
Erica Reed White Oak, PA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $75.38
Anshuman Sethi Jenkintown, PA Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $61.65
Sonia Comas La Place, LA Dentist $57.17
Omar Issa Plano, TX Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics $42.99

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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.