Bair Hugger
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Bair Hugger. "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 Bair Hugger, 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 Bair Hugger
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Bair Hugger. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kari Cole | Los Angeles, CA | Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | $38,796.69 |
| Neilendu Kundu | Cleveland, OH | Surgery | $30,340.00 |
| Elizabeth Faust | Douglassville, PA | Adult Health (Nurse Practitioner) | $23,768.83 |
| Michael Desvigne | Glendale, AZ | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | $23,282.95 |
| Demetrios Demetriades | Los Angeles, CA | Surgical Critical Care | $21,440.00 |
| Abhishek Chatterjee | Lebanon, NH | Surgery | $19,749.83 |
| Luther Holton | Wilmington, NC | Plastic Surgery | $16,235.29 |
| Paul Kim | Dallas, TX | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $14,419.47 |
| John Steinberg | Washington, DC | Foot & Ankle Surgery | $13,781.25 |
| Risal Djohan | Cleveland, OH | Plastic Surgery | $13,161.07 |
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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.