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V.A.C. Simplace

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

$2,134associated payments (2023-2025)
40clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $30.03
2024 $1,887
2025 $217

Payments reported as associated with V.A.C. Simplace, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $505
Plastic Surgery $314
Family $280
Nurse Practitioner $237
Foot & Ankle Surgery $226
Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $120

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

Clinicians most associated with V.A.C. Simplace

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with V.A.C. Simplace. 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)
Maki Jerden Torrance, CA Nurse Practitioner $178.14
Garrett Wirth Newport Beach, CA Plastic Surgery $130.53
Renee Gewarges Los Angeles, CA Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $120.17
Nicholas DO Los Angeles, CA Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $120.17
Kenneth Kim Culver City, CA Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $120.17
Brendan Cronin Los Angeles, CA Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $120.16
Bernard Markowitz Los Angeles, CA Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery $120.16
Alexandro Fernandez Upland, CA Family $120.16
Jason Roostaeian Los Angeles, CA Plastic Surgery $120.16
Saieh Khademi Edina, MN Podiatrist $95.14

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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.