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Acf

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

$10Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
135clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $4,628
2024 $3,587
2025 $2,213

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $3,815
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $2,643
Orthopaedic Surgery $2,092
Physician Assistant $477
Surgical $340
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery $150

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

Clinicians most associated with Acf

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Acf. 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)
Michael Reiter Saint Louis, MO Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $256.81
Samuel Critides Fort Walton Beach, FL Neurological Surgery $244.27
Pascal Zinn Pittsburgh, PA Neurological Surgery $206.88
Daniel Wecht Pittsburgh, PA $206.88
Michael Conti Mica Scottsdale, AZ Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $189.49
Kenneth Nwosu Torrance, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $177.75
Madison Green Puyallup, WA Physician Assistant $177.75
Zachary Ries West Des Moines, IA Orthopaedic Surgery $163.09
Jacy Nunez West Des Moines, IA Physician Assistant $163.09
Kanwarpaul Grewal East Meadow, NY Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $155.92

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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.