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

$6,316associated payments (2023-2025)
89clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2,429
2024 $3,672
2025 $216

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery $3,582
Colon & Rectal Surgery $569
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $460
Neurological Surgery $371
Urology $208
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $148

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

Clinicians most associated with Ta

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Ta. 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)
Anthony Asher Charlotte, NC Neurological Surgery $185.26
Joe Bernard Charlotte, NC Neurological Surgery $185.25
Abbas Abbas Providence, RI Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $174.12
Linda Farkas Chesapeake, VA Colon & Rectal Surgery $123.53
Adam Meyers Chesapeake, VA Surgery $123.52
James Porter Seattle, WA Urology $123.48
Paul Anthony Del Prado Phoenix, AZ Surgery $114.13
Sara Perregaux Farmington Hills, MI Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $112.53
George Godwin Greenville, SC Surgery $112.52
John Helmken Greenville, SC Surgery $112.52

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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.