(0054) Support Function
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with (0054) Support Function. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with (0054) Support Function, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with (0054) Support Function
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with (0054) Support Function. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Saltman | Athens, OH | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $8,423.41 |
| Adam Myers | Grapevine, TX | Family Medicine | $7,799.53 |
| Andreas Taenzer | Lebanon, NH | Anesthesiology | $6,210.00 |
| Charles Stemple | Thousand Oaks, CA | Emergency Medicine | $6,118.28 |
| Amy Lu | Stanford, CA | Anesthesiology | $5,556.30 |
| Ashish Khanna | Winston Salem, NC | Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) | $2,640.00 |
| Timothy Miller | Durham, NC | Anesthesiology | $2,640.00 |
| Romain Pirracchio | San Francisco, CA | Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) | $1,760.00 |
| Glynis Sacks | Nashville, TN | Diagnostic Radiology | $1,450.00 |
| Robert Thiele | Charlottesville, VA | Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) | $987.50 |
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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.