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Watchdog

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

$1,707associated payments (2023-2025)
62clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $410
2024 $934
2025 $364

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Interventional Cardiology $596
Cardiovascular Disease $566
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $263
Adult Health (Nurse Practitioner) $96.34
Nurse Practitioner $66.74
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $42.36

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

Clinicians most associated with Watchdog

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Watchdog. 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)
Len Scuderi Torrance, CA Cardiovascular Disease $76.02
Joseph Forgione Morristown, NJ Interventional Cardiology $57.15
Leonid Mandel Morristown, NJ Cardiovascular Disease $57.14
Justin Slade Santa Monica, CA Interventional Cardiology $54.10
Patrick Zakka West Hollywood, CA Cardiovascular Disease $54.09
Derrick Rodriguez Hackensack, NJ Adult Health (Nurse Practitioner) $43.85
Christopher Hudson New Bern, NC Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $40.83
Matthew Levine New Bern, NC Cardiovascular Disease $40.82
Marissa Lombardo New Bern, NC Cardiovascular Disease $40.82
Angela Park New Bern, NC Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology $40.81

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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.