Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Tools - Afs

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

$654Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
287clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2024 $412K
2025 $242K

Payments reported as associated with Tools - Afs, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $157K
Foot and Ankle Surgery $130K
Orthopaedic Surgery $115K
Foot & Ankle Surgery $100K
Hand Surgery $74K
Podiatrist $45K

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

Clinicians most associated with Tools - Afs

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Tools - Afs. 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)
Alexander Shin Rochester, MN Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $147,499.62
Timothy Badwey Kansas City, MO Foot and Ankle Surgery $58,688.98
Brandon Haghverdian Orange, CA Foot and Ankle Surgery $54,661.21
Sebastien Demoiny Morristown, TN Foot & Ankle Surgery $46,075.51
Jason Nydick Tampa, FL Orthopaedic Surgery $45,133.06
Scott Wolfe Ny, NY Hand Surgery $23,661.06
Mark Hofbauer Belle Vernon, PA Podiatrist $19,661.75
James Halloran Leawood, KS Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $13,440.99
Gerard Cush Lewisburg, PA Orthopaedic Surgery $13,370.31
Thomas Trumble Bellevue, WA Hand Surgery $10,751.35

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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.