Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Tools - Cfs

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

$25Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
6clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2024 $206
2025 $25K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $24K
Hand Surgery $846
Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $110
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $78.87

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

Clinicians most associated with Tools - Cfs

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Tools - Cfs. 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)
Jason Nydick Tampa, FL Orthopaedic Surgery $23,756.82
Todd Rubin Nashville, TN Hand Surgery $749.96
Joseph Buckwalter Iowa City, IA Orthopaedic Surgery $514.74
Matthew Fahrenkopf Rochester, MN Surgery of The Hand (Surgery) $110.09
Justin Koh Tarzana, CA Hand Surgery $95.72
Shawn Diamond El Paso, TX Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $78.87

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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.