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Confida

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

$568associated payments (2023-2025)
18clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $146
2024 $348
2025 $73.33

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Interventional Cardiology $262
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $180
Cardiovascular Disease $63.13
Physician Assistant $27.49
Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $20.06
Family $8.77

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

Clinicians most associated with Confida

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Confida. 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)
Gregory Fontana Thousand Oaks, CA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $110.79
Saibal Kar Thousand Oaks, CA Interventional Cardiology $89.36
Nels Carroll Thousand Oaks, CA Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $69.00
Mehrdad Ariani Northridge, CA Interventional Cardiology $65.40
Ajay Patel Bakersfield, CA Interventional Cardiology $34.78
Aamer Jamali West Hills, CA Interventional Cardiology $32.99
Kelly Hall Thousand Oaks, CA Physician Assistant $27.49
Vishva Dev Thousand Oaks, CA Interventional Cardiology $21.66
Carlyn Fostakowsky Santa Monica, CA Acute Care (Nurse Practitioner) $20.06
Jahandar Saleh Northridge, CA Cardiovascular Disease $18.52

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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.