Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Cohere

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

$3.4Massociated payments (2023-2025)
175clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $1.4M
2024 $885K
2025 $1.1M

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $2.4M
Orthopaedic Surgery $732K
Neurological Surgery $10K
Physician Assistant $574
Nurse Practitioner $394
Otolaryngology $200

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

Clinicians most associated with Cohere

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Cohere. 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)
Keneth Strenge Paducah, KY Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $458,251.67
Antoine Tohmeh Spokane, WA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $445,639.06
Frank Phillips Chicago, IL Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $341,845.77
Cary Templin Joliet, IL Orthopaedic Surgery $341,089.21
Raymond Hwang Chestnut Hill, MA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $262,460.43
Jeremy Smith Orange, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $245,190.13
John Dorchak Columbus, GA Orthopaedic Surgery $244,982.47
Samuel Schroerlucke Memphis, TN Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $241,936.08
Sanjay Khurana Marina Del Rey, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $163,797.29
P Ronjon Paul Naperville, IL Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $134,304.95

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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.