Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Triad

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

$747associated payments (2023-2025)
32clinicians with associated payments
3companies reporting

By year

2023 $95.85
2024 $69.51
2025 $582

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Physician Assistant $146
Surgery $119
Orthopaedic Surgery $81.87
Nurse Practitioner $65.68
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) $51.82
Clinical Nurse Specialist $33.60

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

Clinicians most associated with Triad

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Triad. 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)
Christian Athanassious Santa Rosa, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $81.87
Richard Nguyen Los Gatos, CA Surgery $81.86
Valinda Allen Saint Louis, MO Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) $34.76
Tatjana Benedict Cary, NC Physician Assistant $30.87
Phillip Horne Cary, NC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $30.86
Erin Salisbury Fort Wayne, IN Nurse Practitioner $29.47
Xavier Cannella Tampa, FL Surgery $23.25
Ernest Chiu New York, NY Plastic Surgery $20.81
Adrienne Stevenson Bel Air, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology $19.95
Alexandra Thullen Indianapolis, IN Adult Health (Clinical Nurse Specialist) $19.95

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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.